Transgender Prejudice

[Trey of Diamonds]

Transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant ousted from pageant

According to CTV News, Jenna Talackova, 23, was born male but has identified as a female since age 4. She started hormone therapy at 14 and had gender surgery five years later.


The 6' 1" blonde model made the finals in the Miss Vancouver pageant but was disqualified after organizers learned she wasn't a naturally born female.


"Jenna Talackova from Vancouver, British Columbia, will not compete in the 2012 Miss Universe Canada competition because she did not meet the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form," Miss Universe Canada organizers explained in a statement. "We do, however, respect her goals, determination and wish her the best."

[ssainhu]

I wish they'd just stop these pageants altogether.

[Revoltingest]

I wonder what the rules state.
Is enhancing surgery banned? Is being born female a requirement?

I'd let'r compete, but I also understand that this is about entertainment, & the "yuck factor" is a legitimate concern.

[HerDotness]

According to The Huffington Post, there is nothing in the Miss Universe rules about sex changes or cosmetic surgery either one. Why do I have a feeling there will be if she doesn't win a discrimination lawsuit?

A change.org petition calling for the 23-year-old Vancouver native to be allowed to compete for the crown has so far drawn over 20,000 signatures. "She is a woman and deserves to be treated as any other woman would be," the petition reads. "What kind of genitals she was or was not born with (and even what kind of genitals she has today) is completely irrelevant."
The petition also cites from the pageant's varied list of requirements before concluding, "There is no mention of rules regarding sex changes or cosmetic surgery."

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I, too, would like to see beauty pageants abolished, particularly those for very young children.

[Draka]

I'd like to see what rule it was exactly that she reportedly broke. If cosmetic and gender-reassignment surgery are not forbidden by the rules of the pageant, then what rule was broken?

[HerDotness]

Pageant officials are trying to perpetuate the belief that if you're not born with Miss Universe-approved genitalia, you aren't really female.

The basic rule is that you must be female, never have been married or pregnant.

[Skwim]

I don't quite get the pageant board's concern; that men might make better looking women than women could?

[Songbird]

Originally Posted by ssainhu

I wish they'd just stop these pageants altogether.

Me too. What a god-awful platform of objectification.

[Reptillian]

Originally Posted by Skwim

I don't quite get the pageant board's concern; that men might make better looking women than women could?

I agree, how does that disqulify a competitant? Its not like this is the Olympics and she's competing in the boxing event or something.

[Kerr]

Originally Posted by Songbird

Me too. What a god-awful platform of objectification.

I dont like them either to be honest.