Kim Petras

About Kim Petras

Kim Petras, born Tim Petras, is a teenaged German transsexual who is an aspiring pop singer. In 2008 she was signed to Joyce Records and released online her first single "Last Forever" which became popular on YouTube and Myspace with her songs being listened to 60,000 and 46,000 respectively. In September 2008 she released her first commercially available single "Fade Away" into the German market.

Petras received worldwide publicity at 12 when she appeared in numerous articles describing her as the "worlds youngest transsexual". This claim is erroneous as children as young as six have been diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder and have begun transition. However Petras may qualify as the youngest - at that time - to have received female hormone treatments.

She received further publicity at the age of 14 when she appeared in a television documentary and various talk shows in a push to get permission for early Gender Reassignment Surgery. According to German law, a person must be at least 18 to be allowed to undergo this kind of surgery, and at present, no cases are known where an exception was made. Kim Petras turned 16 in 2008, but there have been no official statements on her behalf whether or not she has been granted an exception or has in fact already had surgery.