Organizers of Miss Italy have defended their ban on transgender contestants after the entrepreneur behind the competition appeared to criticize other beauty pageants’ efforts to welcome trans women.

More than 100 transgender men have entered the Miss Italy pageant this week, according to an activist leading a protest against recent comments by the pageant’s organizer, who said trans women ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hands holding a beauty pageant crown Trans men are entering the Miss Italy pageant in droves to make a political statement about ...

An activist from Italy says more than 100 trans men have entered the Miss Italy pageant in protest of its new policy requiring entrants to be "a woman from birth" The policy came on the heels of a ...

The participants of the Miss Italia 2019 competition are presented on September 06, 2019 in Jesolo, Italy.Stefano Mazzola / Getty Images Contributor In July, the Miss Italy pageant banned ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The trans woman who was crowned Miss Netherlands says it is "so sad" to ...

ROME, Italy (TND) — Italian beauty pageant Miss Italy will bar transgender entrants from its competition, Italian news outlet Il Primato Naziomale reported Tuesday. Official Patron Patrizia Mirigliani ...

Transgender men are protesting Miss Italy’s ban on trans women competing by entering the pageant themselves. The protest comes after comments made by Miss Italy’s official patron Patrizia Mirigliani ...

In July, the Miss Italy pageant banned non-"biological women" from competing. To protest, dozens of transgender men signed up for the contest to reveal the rule's hypocrisy. Trans activist Federico ...