Historical Moment!

As you have probably heard by now, Daniela Vega made history this weekend at the Oscars: The star of Oscar-nominated film Una Mujer Fantástica (A Fantastic Woman), Daniela Vega, made Academy Award history Sunday night, when she became the frist transgender actress to take to the stage as a presenter at the ceremony. The Chilean introduced Sufjan Steven’s performance of “Mystery of Love,” which features on the soundtrack of Call Me by Your Name . “I want to invite you to open your hearts and your feelings to feel the reality,” she told the audience. “To feel love. Can you feel it?” From El Pais : The triumphant moment could not have been further from how things were when, as a 14-year-old, her life split in two, and she began her transition from a man to a woman. Once in her new female body , Vega did not know what path to follow – acting or singing – nor whether the artistic world would accept her. " You learn and grow from pain,” she told EL PAÍS in February, hours be