CBN – Transgender athletes have disrupted women’s sports across the country. Now, a transgender beauty pageant contestant, who’s biologically male, is suing pageant organizers after being denied the opportunity to compete in the Miss Oregon pageant because of his sex. Williamette Week reports Anita Green has filed a lawsuit Dec. 16 in federal court against the United States of America Pageants claiming discrimination and seeking to force the pageant to change its rules along with “unspecified monetary damages” to be determined at trial.
“This is about giving minorities a voice,” Green told the paper. “I believe I’m beautiful, and I want to set an example for all women – cisgender and transgender – that beauty doesn’t have to fit into specific molds.” The pageant’s website, however, clearly defines its rules – only “natural born female” contestants are permitted. The pageant’s eligibility requirements also bar any contestant from competing who has posed nude in film or print. In addition, would-be contestants who have given birth are also ineligible. The pageant organizers list all of the eligibility requirements on their website for the four pageants they sponsor. READ MORE
