Images: Amanda Lear | Karim Sadli | ‘Le Vrai Visage d’Amanda Vogue Paris March 2011

Like today’s transgender model Lea T,  Amanda Lear was originally born a man names Alain Tapp, who became a performer at Le Carousel in Paris under the name of Peki d’Oslo.

Lear became a muse and trusted friend of Salvador Dali, who may have paid for her gender-changing operation with Dr. Bureau in 1963. Some say that her name = ‘a man’ + ‘dali’ or ‘L’amant Dali” (this latter the title of one of her books). via Zagria blog

Throughout the fashion world, sexuality is in flux. LOVE magazine recently put an image of Lea T and Kate Moss kissing on their cover. Model sensation Andrej Pejic says he would have a sex change operation to become a Victoria’s Secret Angel.

Amanda Lear is making a comeback in our gender flux world, but I post her Vogue Paris images in Sensually Yours, to underscore important new data on female sexuality and women’s experimentation with same-sex relationships.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new study on sexuality in America for students and younger adults. Much of the fanfare has focused on a decrease in first-time sexual activity for younger people.