It’s the 21st century, “he said, she said.” He says he’s a she who says she has suffered discrimination. Why? The Miss Oregon Pageant tossed “her” a “bone” then took it back when they discovered “she” was born “with one.”
After offering “her” an opportunity to compete via social media, they took it back because, well, rules. But, but, but women with a penis need a voice.
“This is about giving minorities a voice,” [Anita] Green says. “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.”
And whether you agree or not, it has to include your voice.
On Dec. 16, Green sued in U.S. District Court. Her lawsuit, filed by Portland lawyer Shenoa Payne, argues United States of America Pageants, which hosts pageants across the nation and is headquartered in Nevada, unlawfully discriminated against Green by excluding her from its Miss Oregon pageant because of her gender identity. It seeks to require the pageant to change its rules; to cease the exclusion of transgender women; to require training of pageant staff on Oregon’s public accommodation law; and to award Green damages “in an amount to be determined at trial.”
Compelled speech is unconstitutional, but beauty pageant rules are like glass ceilings for men who like to dress like women. Just like Title IX, they are meant to be broken.
The rules are that you must be at least 29 years of age or older. You need to be a U.S. citizen or have been granted Permanent Residency by the United States. You need to be a resident, work, or go to school in the state where you are competing—a natural-born female who has never posed nude in film or print media. And you must be single, divorced, widowed, with or without children.
So, I see a whole list of problems here. First, beauty is subjective. Second, if having a “Mr” does not exclude you from competing as a “Miss,” why would a “Mrs”? If Gender is on a spectrum, then so is age (and everything else). The citizenship requirement is discriminatory and a work requirement?! OMG! Enough with the social constructs. It takes a village, right, so we’re all each other’s children.
And what isn’t a school, when you think about it?
I’m learning things writing about this lawsuit. I deserve a degree in gender studies and accolades for being the youngest “woman” ever to achieve such a distinction. Who do I sue to make that happen?
