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Malicious Compliance

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People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request. For now, this includes text posts, images, videos and links. Please ensure that the “malicious compliance” aspect is apparent - if you’re making a text post, be sure to explain this part; if it’s an image/video/link, use the “Body” field to elaborate.

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[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm confused. If they are using a dead name how are they not trans?

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are trans men, who the organizers consider women as opposed to the trans women who can't compete because they consider them men.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm gonna need a pen and paper for this one.

[–] peipei1@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'll summarize:

  • The contest organizers don't accept trans women (AKA assigned male at birth, transitioned to female)

  • This means that they are being transphobic, they aren't treating trans women as women.

  • The person in the article is the opposite, assigned female at birth and transitioned to male. AKA a trans man.

  • This person is considered a woman by the beauty contest despite identifying as male.

  • He entered the beauty contest as a form of protest and to bring attention to the blatant transphobia.

[–] Jeanschyso@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

So like, according to the organizers, if they were born with a penis, it doesn't matter if they transitioned, they are considered men.

This trans man (a person born with a vagina who transitioned ) is entering the contest, because if trans women are considered men, trans men are considered women.

So this dude is entering a "female" beauty contest to show how dumb the rules are. He is allowed to do so because said dumb rules make him a woman in the eyes of the organization.

[–] AmbleHamble@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Think the others were missing the point - they are trans men. Their dead name is their dead female name.

The ruling was to prevent trans women from competing, so while they can't stand for trans women, they'll stand for all trans.