2023 Review: Transgender movement grew bolder amid backlash

Transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney gained viral fame hosting the TikTok series “Days of Girlhood,” but the LGBT activist’s star went supernova in 2023 when Bud Light drinkers discovered that a partnership had been made with the social media star.

The partnership between Bud Light and Mulvaney led to Bud Light’s parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev losing about $395 million in United States sales by August and its coveted spot as the top-selling American beer title, which then went to its rival Modelo, a Mexican beer.

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Nonetheless, Forbes magazine breezed past this business disaster controversy by honoring Mulvaney with a spot on their coveted “30 Under 30 Social Media” list, celebrating social media personalities who have shaped the “creator economy.”

“I think I’m becoming a bit of a business woman,” Mulvaney gushed in a Forbes interview about being added to their list.

Justine Lindsay, the NFL’s first cheerleader to identify as transgender, was celebrated as a cheerleader with the Carolina TopCats, the cheerleading squad of the Carolina Panthers.

“I’m setting things up for the younger generation,” the TopCats dancer told Elle magazine.

In 2023, the women’s movement responded to the growing movement of biological men identifying as female.

In October 2023, the National Organization for Women, an organization pioneered by Betty Friedan, who fought for modern feminism to rebel against societal and patriarchal expectations, decided to lean into the patriarchy by embracing biological men as women.

“Trans women are women,” the organization announced in a social media post.

In 2023, there was also a rise of detransitioning stories and lawsuits that had begun to grow in response.

Isabelle Ayala, a 21-year-old biological female, announced suing the American Academy of Pediatrics and her healthcare providers over claims of civil conspiracy, fraud, and medical malpractice in pressuring her into undergoing a gender transition when she was a teenager. Ayala is joining numerous other detransitioners who are now suing their healthcare professionals.

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Miss Universe 2023 saw not one but two transgender contestants competing for the top title in this year’s competition. Transgender Marina Machete won the Miss Portugal pageant, and Dutch transgender woman Rikkie Kolle won the Miss Netherlands title in July, besting nine biological women. The transgender contestants did not win this year’s title for Miss Universe, but Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, the 43-year-old Thai transgender media tycoon who bought the Miss Universe Organization in 2022, has continued to vow to take the beauty competition “to the next level.”

Meanwhile, the owner of Miss Universe, JKN Global Group, filed for bankruptcy. days before the pageant in November.