German Alexandra Hai (Alexandra Hai), recognized as the first woman gondolier in Venice, announced the change of sex. This is reported by The Times. "I support equal rights for women and I believe that as a person who has mastered the management of the gondola, I proved that yes, even girls can do it," Hay writes in Facebook. - However, I am not a woman, and the struggle of feminism is not my personal struggle. I just want to do the work to which I have passion, and look so that people see me the same person that I see myself ". Also, Huy says that from now on he calls himself Alex and speaks of himself in the masculine gender. Huy plans to do a surgical floor correction in San Francisco. She became a pupil of the gondolier in 1996, but for many years she could not get certified. President of the Association of gondoliers of Venice Roberto Luppi objected to the adoption of a German woman in the ancient guild, 900 years passed the craft from father to son. "In my opinion, she should have stayed at home and take care of the family," he said.. In 2007, Hai won the lawsuit and officially became the first woman to work as a private gondolier in Venice. In 2009, it was reported that Georgia Boscolo became the first in the history of Venice certified gondolier woman.

Original article: The first gondolier woman in Venice became a man.