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Miss Universe Allows Entry to Sex-Change Women | |
On Tuesday Donald Trump's Miss Universe contest flung its doors open to transgender models, stating men who have undergone a sex change warranted the same treatment as any other woman.
The transgender contestants will be able to strut their stuff in the international beauty championships, starting with pioneering sex-change model Jenna Talackova, who will be allowed to take part this year.
Gay and transgender rights organization GLAAD, which has been fighting on Talackova's behalf, hailed the news.
"The Miss Universe Organization today follows institutions that have taken a stand against discrimination of transgender women including the Olympics," said GLAAD spokesperson Herndon Graddick.
"At a time when transgender people are still routinely denied equal opportunities in housing, employment and medical care, today's decision is in line with the growing levels of public support for transgender people across the country."
Paula Shugart, president of the Miss Universe Organization, said on GLAAD's website: "We have a long history of supporting equality for all women, and this was something we took very seriously."
The reversal of longstanding policy followed a campaign by Talackova, a statuesque, blonde transgender model from Canada who says she underwent surgery to become a woman because she was born in "the wrong body."
Source-AFP
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