Trans Women Can't Compete for Miss Italy Pageant, So 100 Trans Men Signed up
The men signed up for the pageant to protest the regulations.
July 28, 2023
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Drag Beauties of 'Pageant' Get Caricature
Famed caricaturist Ken Fallin has created a stage portrait of off-Broadway's Pageant queens.
August 19, 2014
WATCH: Meet the Drag Beauties of 'Pageant'
Boys will be girls in an Off-Broadway musical comedy about beauty pageant contestants.
July 7, 2014
Drag Beauties of 'Pageant' to Get Cast Album
The campy off-Broadway musical, which features men as female pageant hopefuls, will receive the first official recording in the show's 23-year history.
September 13, 2014
Trans Contestant is Miss Congeniality at Calif. Beauty Pageant
Addie Vincent is the first transgender contestant of the Miss Delta Queen competition, a pageant and fundraiser at the Christian-affiliated Chapman University in Orange County.
March 15, 2014
Conservative Judge Allows Beauty Pageant to Ban Trans Contestants
Judge Michael W. Mosman rejected a case brought by trans beauty queen Anita Noelle Green and sided with the pageant's definition of "biological females."
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March 1, 2021
Husband of Trans Beauty Pageant Founder Sentenced for Her Murder
Mark S. Steele-Knudslien pleaded guilty to the killing of transgender activist Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien.
January 27, 2020
Tirana Hosts Third Annual Miss Trans Albania Beauty Pageant
The Miss Trans Albania contest is now in its third year, with seven contestants taking part.
January 2, 2018
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U.S. Beauty Pageant Can Reject Trans Contestants, Appeals Court Rules
One judge said beauty pageants were created to showcase the "ideal vision of American womanhood."
November 3, 2022
Miss Universe: Trans Women Should Have Their Own Pageant
The recently crowned winner of the Miss Universe Pageant says trans woman should not be allowed to compete for the title because the contest is 'made for women.'
November 14, 2013
15 stunning photos from the 52nd annual Miss Gay Rochester drag beauty pageant
From national champions to local drag stars, this pageant is a testament to the power of unity and acceptance.
November 19, 2024
Meet the New Mr. Gay Europe
Raf Van Puymbroeck was crowned at the 10th annual pageant of male beauty.
August 9, 2016
Nick Cearley: From Skivvies to Sequins
More comfortable performing in his underwear, the Skivvies singer dresses up to play a female beauty pageant contestant in an off-Broadway revival of Pageant.
July 14, 2014
Photos From LGBT Life Across the Globe
Kisses in Colombia, Pride in India, and a beauty pageant in Venezuela -- LGBT consciousness grows around the globe.
November 28, 2012