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Kataluna Enriquez makes history as first trans Miss Silver State USA winner
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gaytimes.co.uk27-year-old Enriquez has made history with her incredible achievement and has qualified to compete in Miss USA. If the Nevada winner takes the crown in Miss USA, Enriquez will qualify to take part in Miss Universe.
The newly championed Miss Silver State USA previously competed in a 2016 pageant transgender pageant, but this is her first entrance as a cis-gendered participant, according to LGBTQ Nation.
As a competitor, Enriquez is using her platform to be a point of representation, to discuss healthcare access for the trans community, and to speak out about the barriers she has faced due to her identity. “With pageantry, people think it is only about beauty but it’s how you present yourself, what you advocate for, what you’ve done, and the
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US trans student wins discrimination lawsuit
Two years after filing a discrimination lawsuit against his Minnesota school which refused him access to locker room facilities, a trans student has won $300,000 in the landmark settlement. The student, only known as Nick, filed a 33-page complaint which accused the Coon Rapids High School of “degrading and stigmatising segregation,” and said Nick was deemed “as unfit to use the same changing facilities that are available to cisgender male students.”Although the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that Nick’s treatment violated the state’s Human Rights Act last year, the case has only just been settled with the local school district, meaning Nick has officially won the lawsuit.
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