A trans-identifying person who has been crowned “Miss San Francisco” will compete in the Miss California Pageant this July.
QUICK FACTS:
- A man who identifies as a woman will take place in the Miss California Pageant for the first time this summer.
- Monroe Lace, the first trans-identifying biological male to compete in Miss San Francisco and win, will now advance to take part in the Miss California Pageant next month.
- “Every time I put on the sash, the weight of it reminds me of the weight of my job; of the responsibility I have to make a difference for young children,” Lace said.
- While visiting different elementary schools, Lace has been seen on video reading “Sparkle Boy,” a children’s book about a boy who wants to wear women’s clothing, to children as young as fourth grade.
- The transgender man claims he has been “dreaming about this since I was 12 years old.”
TRANSGENDER MISS SAN FRANCISCO ON “IMPACTING” TRANS-IDENTIFYING CHILDREN:
“It felt like a dream, because it’s been a dream that I’ve had since I was a child,” Lace said. “Even though I am Miss San Francisco, I know my impact is much greater than that.”
BACKGROUND:
- In June 2021, Kataluna Enriquez become the first openly transgender competitor to participate in the Miss USA pageant after winning ‘Miss’ Nevada.
- The 27-year-old defeated 21 biologically female competitors in Nevada’s preliminary round at the time.
- “Today I am a proud transgender woman of color,” Enriquez said after the win. “Personally, I’ve learned that my differences do not make me less than, it makes me more than.”
- Enriquez had been crowned Miss Silver State USA in March before moving on to win the Miss Nevada USA title.
- “Miss Silver was a great experience to me,” Enriquez, a biological male, said. “It was honestly a celebration of womanhood and diversity and a celebration of being your true self.”
