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Trans men enter Miss Italy contest to protest anti-trans ‘women from birth’ rule (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by Wats0ns@sh.itjust.works to c/maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world

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

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[–] eggvng@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Elia Bonci, who also spoke to la Repubblica, said: “I took courage, used my deadname and signed up for Miss Italy because fighting transphobia is intersectional and even though I’m not a trans woman, I’ve decided to fight for their rights.”

much respect to all that followed!

[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm confused. If they are using a dead name how are they not trans?

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are trans men, who the organizers consider women as opposed to the trans women who can't compete because they consider them men.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm gonna need a pen and paper for this one.

[–] peipei1@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'll summarize:

The contest organizers don't accept trans women (AKA assigned male at birth, transitioned to female)
This means that they are being transphobic, they aren't treating trans women as women.
The person in the article is the opposite, assigned female at birth and transitioned to male. AKA a trans man.
This person is considered a woman by the beauty contest despite identifying as male.
He entered the beauty contest as a form of protest and to bring attention to the blatant transphobia.