Federal judge rules beauty pageant can bar trans women from competing
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metroweekly.comAnita Noelle Green’s hopes of overturning the Miss United States of America pageant’s ban on transgender contestants have been crushed by a conservative federal judge in Oregon.Green competed twice in the Miss Montana contest and won the the Miss Elite Earth Oregon crown in 2019.
However, after applying to compete in the Miss United States of America pageant — and being encouraged to do so by the organization — she was deemed ineligible due to a policy banning women who are not “natural born women” from competing, them reports.In response, Green sued the organization, alleging it was “discriminating against me simply because I am transgender.”While Oregon law prohibits gender identity-based discrimination, Judge Michael W.
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