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Malicious Compliance @lemmy.world Wats0ns @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

Trans men enter Miss Italy contest to protest anti-trans ‘women from birth’ rule

More details: https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/26/miss-italy-trans-men-trans-women-ban/

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I mean... it's supposed to be a 'beauty contest' so why shouldn't they compete?

Not that I don't think the entire concept of a competition over beauty is stupid, but they exist, so why not just see who wins?
- It's funny because the original trans sports bans were justified by saying that they would have an unfair advantage. This beauty pageant ban is just transphobes saying that trans women are unfairly attractive lmfao.
- These contests are full of ideology, so a trans person has a significant advantage over the others. There aren’t enough heartwarming and sob stories in the world to compensate for that.
  
  On the other hand, I don’t really care if those kind of competitions are unfair. If they help trans people convey a message, that’s probably the best thing that can come out of them.
  
  Ah yes, the competitions currently banning trans women definitely have a positive bias towards them.

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