Carter Millington as the first openly transgender actor in UK TV soap history; he played 'Kyle', a man who has transitioned from female to male, which Riley did in real life. Shortly after, Hollyoaks cast transgender actress Annie Wallace. A transgender man's phalloplasty became the first ever seen on camera, in the Channel 4 documentary Girls to Men. The first U.S. congressional forum on anti-transgender violence was held. Mya Taylor won the Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor, making her the first openly transgender actress to win a Gotham award. Tamara Adrian was elected to the Venezuelan National Assembly, thus becoming the first openly transgender Venezuelan to be elected to their national legislature, as well as the first openly transgender person in the entire Western Hemisphere to do so. 2016 Through her Foundation, Jennifer Pritzker gave a $2 million donation to create the world's first endowed academic chair of transgender studies, at the University of Victoria in British Columbia; Aaron Devor was chosen as the inaugural chair. The United Nations voted to create their first LGBT human rights watchdog. Caitlyn Jenner became the first openly transgender person on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Mya Taylor became the first openly transgender actor to win an Independent Spirit Award; she won for Best Supporting Female. Israel held its first transgender beauty pageant, which was called "Miss Trans Israel", and was held at a club in Tel Aviv. President Barack Obama appointed Raffi Freedman-Gurspan as the White House's primary LGBT liaison, making her the first openly transgender person in the role. Nisha Ayub received the International Women of Courage Award in 2016, becoming the first openly transgender woman to receive that award. Aiden Katri, 19, became the first Israeli transgender woman to be jailed for refusing to serve in the military. Trans United Fund was founded; it is the first group of its kind, a 501(c)(4) organization of transgender leaders focused on transgender issues. Geraldine Roman became the first openly transgender woman elected to Congress in the Philippines. Anwen Muston was elected to Wolverhampton City Council, making her the first openly transgender woman to be elected as a Labour representative. Amelia Gapin became the first openly transgender woman to be featured on the cover of Women's Running. On 10 June 2016, an Oregon circuit court ruled that a resident, Elisa Rae Shupe, could obtain a non-binary gender designation. The Transgender Law Center believes this