@Wats0ns@sh.itjust.works to Malicious Compliance@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoTrans men enter Miss Italy contest to protest anti-trans ‘women from birth’ rulesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1284file-text
arrow-up1284imageTrans men enter Miss Italy contest to protest anti-trans ‘women from birth’ rulesh.itjust.works@Wats0ns@sh.itjust.works to Malicious Compliance@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square108fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@eggvng@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•11 months ago 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!
minus-square@pythonoob@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoI’m confused. If they are using a dead name how are they not trans?
minus-square@maynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoThey are trans men, who the organizers consider women as opposed to the trans women who can’t compete because they consider them men.
minus-square@Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoI’m gonna need a pen and paper for this one.
minus-squarePeiPei1linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-211 months agoI’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.
minus-square@AmbleHamble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoThink 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.
much respect to all that followed!
I’m confused. If they are using a dead name how are they not trans?
They are trans men, who the organizers consider women as opposed to the trans women who can’t compete because they consider them men.
I’m gonna need a pen and paper for this one.
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.
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.