Allowing transgenders is fantastic, but is it fair?
By Esther Ng The New Paper
Wednesday, Aug 01, 2012
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120731-362508.html Would it be fair for a woman who was formerly a man to compete in a major beauty contest like Miss Universe Singapore?
This is neither a facetious nor a silly question - the transgender contestant would, after all, likely have the advantage of having been surgically enhanced. Indeed, how can you tell if a woman is really a woman?
Does it matter any more?
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"I know that they may have taken hormones, but the genetic make-up already puts them at an advantage."
But another transgender person, a sales consultant who wanted to be known only as Audrey, 50, questioned the fuss over plastic surgery.
"Many of these beauty contestants - those real women - in other countries have had work done, so we shouldn't be so hung up about real beauty.
