Miss Universe Canada Ejects Transgender Contestant

[William769]

A transgender woman who was a finalist for Miss Universe Canada has been disqualified from the competition because she was born male.

Denis Davila, the national director of Miss Universe Canada, told the Toronto Starthat the rules state that each contestant must be a "naturally born female." He suspected that Jenna Talackova, a Vancouver native, was not born female, which she later confirmed.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/03/24/Miss_Universe_Canada_Ejects_Transgender_Contestant/

[racaulk]

1. Haven't you learned your lesson on posting about beauty pageants on DU?

[William769]

3. I'm a glutton for punishment.

But I did post here this time and not not in General Discussion.

[xxqqqzme]

2. Yet another reason to

allow these displays of cosmetic surgery to go to the dustbin of history.

[jberryhill]

4. You mean the contest, right?

[Voice for Peace]

5. well I hope she knows she certainly is beautiful enough

and even more I hope she knows not to base her happiness on beauty pageants.

[Zorra]

6. kick

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. outrageous

[Aerows]

8. She's gorgeous

I'd vote for her.

[SamG]

9. This all goes to show that we have more...

battles to be fought, more consciousnesses to be raised.

LGBT, emphasizing the T, for the new frontier of what we are challenged by.

Heck, I bet one or two of those judges in the Canadian contest have relatives in the LGBT community.

Won't it be nice, if we ever, in my lifetime, (the next 40-50 yrs) get to where this is NOT an issue in a beauty pageant, or, better still, in running for office, being a school principal, mayor, firefighter, etc.

[stevenleser]

10. Ridiculous. One would have thought the Renee Richards situation in tennis would have put this all

behind us.

p.s. I saw the below film at the tribeca film festival. Must be seen.

[bullwinkle428]

11. Can't say I'm shocked by the ejection, given that asshole Trump who runs that whole show.

He has such a progressive track record when it comes to GLBT issues...

[Starry Messenger]

12. The rules need to be changed.

That's utter bs.

[Aerows]

13. what is wrong with people?

She's gorgeous. Get over her gender! She's quite lovely.