Man Who Identifies as Woman Sues in Effort to Gain Entry Into Ladies’ Beauty Pageant

Man Who Identifies as Woman Sues in Effort to Gain Entry Into Ladies’ Beauty Pageant

PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon man who identifies as a woman, and who has been allowed to participate in other beauty competitions, has filed suit against United States of America Pageants for denying his application to the Miss Oregon United States of America pageant due to eligibility rules that limit contestants to biological women only. “I felt […]

Ore. Mother Thankful for Twin Blessings After Refusing Genetic Testing, Abortion

Ore. Mother Thankful for Twin Blessings After Refusing Genetic Testing, Abortion

MONMOUTH, Ore. — A mother in Oregon says that her twin daughters are blessings after ignoring advice to obtain genetic testing and a subsequent abortion as doctors feared both had Down syndrome. Rachael Prescott’s girls are now over a year old, but she well remembers being offered testing for Down syndrome and receiving condolences about […]

Man Who Identifies as Woman Sues Insurance Companies for Not Covering Facial Feminization Surgery

Man Who Identifies as Woman Sues Insurance Companies for Not Covering Facial Feminization Surgery

PORTLAND, Ore. — A man in Oregon who identifies as a woman has sued his government employer and its insurance companies for declining to cover facial feminization surgery that would make him appear more female to strangers. The 59-year-old man, who goes by the name Christina Ketcham, says that others still refer to him as […]