Over a 100???? It was just the guy in the photo a couple days ago djsjdjks
no but jokes aside this is actually really great. malicious compliance in the best way.
here's a quote from a Pink News article about this that really stuck with me:
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.”
the whole point is to show how "afab" being used as a replacement for woman is fucking stupid and fundamentally incorrect and. whatever else. and it gives me hope to see the community rising up like this. solidarity and unity and peace on planet earth.
Apparently the person running Miss Italy was outraged that a trans woman won Miss Netherlands 2023, and said:
The patron described it as “absurd” that trans women were being allowed to compete in beauty contests and Miss Italy would not join the “glittery bandwagon of trans activism”.
It's wild to me that these pageant assholes use the same exclusionary tactics used to discriminate against people in sports. Oh a MAN dressed as a LADY wouldn't be FAIR to the 'real' women competing in this event!
It'd be laugh out loud funny if it wasn't so fuckin evil.
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