Story highlights French model Ines Rau makes second appearance in the magazine

It's the first issue of Playboy since founder Hugh Hefner's death last month

(CNN) The late Hugh Hefner broke ground with Playboy, and now the first issue of the magazine since his recent death is doing the same.

The November/December issue features the men magazine's first openly transgender Playmate.

Meet Your November 2017 Playmate, Ines Rau https://t.co/0tHJ4Sio1u — Eric W. Dolan (@EWDolan) October 20, 2017

French model Ines Rau appears in a spread and the centerfold.

It's her second appearance in the publication. Rau was featured in a special section of the May 2014 issue where she was photographed fully nude by Ryan McGinley for a spread titled "Evolution."

"It's how I celebrated my coming out, actually," Rau said in the story accompanying her new photo spread. "I took that chance, and then I signed with an agency."