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Trans men enter Miss Italy pageant in droves after trans women are told they can’t compete
- Trans men in Italy are protesting against Miss Italy's ban on trans women participating in the beauty contest by signing up themselves, in response to comments made by the contest's patron.
- The patron, Patrizia Mirigliani, described it as "absurd" that trans women were allowed to compete in beauty contests and stated that only women assigned female at birth could participate in Miss Italy.
- The trans men signing up for the competition hope to draw attention to the exclusionary stance and challenge outdated views on gender identity, highlighting the need for inclusivity and equality.
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Over 100 Transgender Women Who Identify as ‘Men’ Apply to Enter Miss Italy Pageant After They Banned Biological Males
Over 100 women who identify as male have applied for the Miss Italy pageant this week, protesting their rules against transgender biological men competing. The Italian pageant’s rules on transgender participants were clarified after the Miss Netherlands competition crowned a transgender biological male as their winner — sending him to the 72nd Miss Universe pageant. The surge of transgender applicants was started by Federico Barbarossa, a biolog…
Since the beauty contest only accepts people who are “female since birth”, transgender men symbolically decide to apply.
·Paris, France
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Total News Sources21
Leaning Left10Leaning Right7Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution56% Left
Bias Distribution
- 56% of the sources lean Left
56% Left
L 56%
R 39%
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