“I do think that that would be fair, but I can understand that people would be a little apprehensive to take that road because there is a tradition of natural-born women. But today where there are so many surgeries and so many people out there who have a need to change for a happier life, I do accept that because I believe it’s a free country.”
— The new Miss USA Olivia Culpo (formerly Miss Rhode Island) in answer to her interview question asking whether or not it would be fair for a trans woman to win Miss USA
Here in the U.S., we also call it RHODE Island
Um…it’s “Rhode Island,” the US’ state, not the island of “Rhode,” right?