Posted on 11/02/2023 2:24:18 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
This year’s Miss Universe pageant will feature at least two trans women for first time, after 23-year-old flight attendant Marina Machete was last week named Miss Portugal.
Machete will compete for the crown at the 72nd Miss Universe competition in El Salvador this November alongside Rikkie Kollé, who in July became the first transgender winner of Miss Netherlands.
In a video posted to the Portuguese pageant’s YouTube channel ahead of the contest, Machete spoke about trans rights as part of her platform, describing rising levels of “transphobia and intolerance” worldwide as “alarming.” She added that it was “heartwarming” to see the Miss Universe Organization, which changed its rules to allow trans contestants in 2012, being inclusive and “breaking boundaries.”
“As a trans woman I’ve been through many obstacles along the way, but fortunately, and especially with my family, love proved to be stronger than ignorance,” she said in the video.
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The days of Bob Barker are long gone.
remember
if you can think it
you can be it
no matter who you hurt
think only of yourself
the possibilities are endless
and complete and utter nonsense
they are clear favorites in the banana hammock contest
Men make better Miss Universes than Women......
it is a confirmation of male supremacy
right feminists?
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But of course. In today's zeitgeist if you don't vote overwhelmingly for him/her/it, then you are obviously transphobic.
Real women contestants should boycott this abomination.
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