An Oregon judge has ruled in favour of the Miss USA pageant and its policy that rejects transgender women from competing. The decision comes a year after Anita Noelle Green sued the competition for discrimination and violating Oregon’s Public Accommodations Act, which in turn infringed on her First Amendment rights.
Judge Micahel Mosman ruled that the competition is an “expressive” organisation and is not obligated to including transgender contestants. “I view it as an association that cannot under the constitution be required to allow plaintiff to participate in what defendant says is a contradiction of that message,” Judge Mosman ruled.