Is it me or is the Mail printing lots of transgender stories at the moment? Supposedly empathetic, they're just a dogwhistle for the 'looks like a bloke, walks like a bloke, ergo…' crowd. Must be getting plenty of hits, then.

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where to begin...

- Michelle, Los Angeles, USA, 15/3/2012 16:28

A beauty pageant has booted a contestant out the competition after discovering the buxom blonde was born a boy.

The Miss Universe Canada organizers threw out Jenna Talackova when they found out she had undergone surgery to become a woman.

Don't care if I get red arrowed but he is a male who's had his genitalia removed and is dressing as a Western woman. Fact!

- Becky, Cheadle Hulme, England, 24/3/2012 22:35 (No rating at time of post)

It's a trap !!!

- Serfer Dude, Chavtown, Soviet Britain, EUSSR, 24/3/2012 22:22 (No rating at time of post)

She reminds me of Princess Di, who looked like a teenage boy in a dress.

- Frank, Detroit - Michigan - USA, 24/3/2012 19:14 -93

Dear Jenna: you are beautiful, young and have showed determination and constance, fighting to become what you always feel you were. Forget the stale world of beauty contests, the silly interviews conducted by ridiculous journalists dressed in ill fitting shirts, the photoshoots in bikini and a career as glamour model; jealous females and male chauvinist men are going always to disqualify you. Instead, go to college, become a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, a mathematician; you will be judged by your work, the passing of the years will not take away neither your knowledge nor the prestige you have gained for your talent. Find a partner who loves you and whom you love and build with him a life together. I whish you luck and happiness.

- Aristoclea, Barcelona, Spain, 24/3/2012 22:22 +6

Booted out for being born a boy: Transgender beauty queen kicked out of Miss Universe
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DM gets its pronouns right, but fucks up everywhere else:


Comments are their usual mix.


Hey, look, a Star Wars reference!


Some arsefaced twat decides to take a stab at the royals for little reason:


This one loses points for assuming her sexuality, but otherwise works:

Hey, look, a Star Wars reference!
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It's a trap !!!

- Serfer Dude, Chavtown, Soviet Britain, EUSSR, 24/3/2012 22:22 (No rating at time of post)

In the very last image, do I see the face of Jesus on her left knee.

- Anne, West Midlands EU, 25/3/2012 4:57
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Convincing transgenders are known as "traps" in the event of having sex with an unsuspecting male.

Convincing transgenders are known as "traps" in the event of having sex with an unsuspecting male.

I was under the impression that 'trap' simply referred to a convincing pre-op/non-op transwoman, with a famous image being of a Japanese (I believe) person in a swimsuit with a rather obvious bulge showing.

This was my understanding too, i.e. "traps" are males who could easily pass themselves off as female and do so with the intention of fooling another male.

The first picture of the transsexual beauty queen who made international headlines after her dismissal and subsequent reinstatement from Miss Universe Canada has emerged - and she's a 13-year-old boy called Walter.

Pictured with a blonde bob as a Grade eight student at Vancouver's Killarney secondary school, Jenna Talackova, 23, was then known as Walter Page Talackova.

Jenna, who learned this week she is now eligible to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant after originally being thrown out last month for being born a boy, made international headlines after it was revealed she lied about her natural gender on her application form.