Wats0ns@sh.itjust.works to Malicious Compliance@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTrans men enter Miss Italy contest to protest anti-trans ‘women from birth’ rulesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square334fedilinkarrow-up11.26Karrow-down1151file-text
arrow-up11.11Karrow-down1imageTrans men enter Miss Italy contest to protest anti-trans ‘women from birth’ rulesh.itjust.worksWats0ns@sh.itjust.works to Malicious Compliance@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square334fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepythonoob@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI’m confused. If they are using a dead name how are they not trans?
minus-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down1·1 year agoThey are trans men, who the organizers consider women as opposed to the trans women who can’t compete because they consider them men.
minus-squareAmbleHamble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThink the others were missing the point - they are trans men. Their dead name is their dead female name. The ruling was to prevent trans women from competing, so while they can’t stand for trans women, they’ll stand for all trans.
I’m confused. If they are using a dead name how are they not trans?
They are trans men, who the organizers consider women as opposed to the trans women who can’t compete because they consider them men.
Think the others were missing the point - they are trans men. Their dead name is their dead female name.
The ruling was to prevent trans women from competing, so while they can’t stand for trans women, they’ll stand for all trans.