9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nov. 3, 2022
Pageants can exclude transgender women, 9th Circuit rules
Ruling in a challenge to the policy of Miss United States of America, a divided panel said pageants are artistic expression.
Beauty pageants can exclude transgender women from participating in contests, a divided federal appeals court panel said Wednesday.
Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, writing for himself and Senior Circuit Judge Carlos T. Bea, said that Miss United States of America LLC was protected from compelled speech against Anita Green, a transgender women who claimed she was illegally denied the right to participate in the organization’s pageants. Anit...
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