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No More All-Female Pageants? Transgender Suing Beauty Pageant For Barring Biologically Male Contestants.

Amanda Prestigiacomo
No More All-Female Pageants? Transgender Suing Beauty Pageant For Barring Biologically Male Contestants.
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The United States of America Pageants is being sued by beauty queen contender Anita Green, who is biologically male and transgender, after being denied a chance to compete in the Miss Oregon pageant due to his sex.

Claiming discrimination, Green is attempting to force the pageant to change its rules and is seeking “unspecified monetary damages,” according to a report from Willamette Week.

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