Posted on 02/11/2017 8:24:37 PM PST by Olog-hai
Transgender women are allowed to take part in Ireland’s most famous beauty pageant, the Rose of Tralee, the festival’s CEO confirmed today.
Previously the pageant had said trans women weren’t eligible to take part, but following a public backlash they changed their mind.
“The Festival is a progressive organization that always strives to reflect changes in society in the entry guidelines for women,” the festival originally told the Irish Mirror earlier this week. “Transgender women entering is not something we are considering at the moment; however, we will continue to review our guidelines.”
The move took many by surprise, not least as Ireland has been applauded as a world leader in transgender rights after its parliament passed the Gender Recognition Act 2015. The Act gave individuals the legal right to change their gender without medical treatment and have their birth certificate and other documents reissued and enjoyed strong cross-party support. …
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A world gone mad. Stark, raving mad.
Bradley Manning buys airplane ticket to Ireland.
Joes of Tralee.
New event...the hairy leg contest...
Time for Ireland to tip over and capsize.
Based on my personal experiences in the Republic as well as Ulster, most women there resemble men on a regular basis.
Ya mean they all don’t look like Maureen O’Hara?
So trannies can now win contests against normal men and women.
JESUS IS COMING BACK IN MY LIFETIME.
I remember when Ireland was Catholic Christian.
Seems like another world.
Sadly Ireland has been socialist first for far too long.
Sadly Ireland has been socialist first for far too long.
and the thing WILL win to prove how inclusive they all are... gotta suck for contestants being told a man is better looking than you are
Geez, Ireland, lay off the whisky!
Ireland sucks. My great grandmother came to VA from southeast Ireland. I used to have interest in seeing cousins there, until I realised that the Irish people are really into socialism. What a sorry bunch of folks, and I’m thankful that my great grandmother immigrated to the United States so that I could be here.
“She’s been plucked more times than the Rose of Tralee. Biggest whore on Fifth Avenue, I’m told!”
Uh... they’re not women.
We aren’t “slouching toward Gomorrah anymore”. . .We are there.
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