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Trans men enter Miss Italy pageant in droves after trans women are told they can’t compete
- Miss Italy pageant organizer, Patrizia Mirigliani, announced that trans women would not be allowed to compete in the competition, following the crowning of a transgender winner in Miss Netherlands.
- In response, over 100 trans men, women who identify as men, have entered the Miss Italy pageant in protest, using their female birth names.
- Transgender activist Federico Barbarossa, who identifies as a man, initiated the protest and hopes that their participation will challenge stereotypes and promote progress in Italy's perception of trans individuals.
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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…
·United States
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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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