▲ 91 ▼ Trans men enter Miss Italy contest to protest anti-trans ‘women from birth’ rule (sh.itjust.works) submitted 3 years ago by Wats0ns@sh.itjust.works to c/maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world 97 comments fedilink hide all child comments More details: https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/26/miss-italy-trans-men-trans-women-ban/
[–] eggvng@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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! permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pythonoob@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) I'm confused. If they are using a dead name how are they not trans? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) They are trans men, who the organizers consider women as opposed to the trans women who can't compete because they consider them men. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm gonna need a pen and paper for this one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] peipei1@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AmbleHamble@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Think the others were missing the point - they are trans men. Their dead name is their dead female name. The ruling was to prevent trans women from competing, so while they can't stand for trans women, they'll stand for all trans. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) I'm confused. If they are using a dead name how are they not trans? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) They are trans men, who the organizers consider women as opposed to the trans women who can't compete because they consider them men. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm gonna need a pen and paper for this one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] peipei1@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AmbleHamble@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Think the others were missing the point - they are trans men. Their dead name is their dead female name. The ruling was to prevent trans women from competing, so while they can't stand for trans women, they'll stand for all trans. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) They are trans men, who the organizers consider women as opposed to the trans women who can't compete because they consider them men. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm gonna need a pen and paper for this one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] peipei1@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm gonna need a pen and paper for this one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] peipei1@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] peipei1@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AmbleHamble@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Think the others were missing the point - they are trans men. Their dead name is their dead female name. The ruling was to prevent trans women from competing, so while they can't stand for trans women, they'll stand for all trans. permalink fedilink source parent
