• eggvng@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    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!

      • maynarkh@feddit.nlEnglish
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        11 months ago

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

          • PeiPei1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            11 months 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.