Lawyers for Anita Green on Tuesday filed suit against United States of America Pageants in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, alleging the organization had unlawfully discriminated against Green by limiting the competition to "natural born females," according to court documents reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Green's lawyers contended the requirement that contestants be "natural born females" was "an express discriminatory eligibility policy," arguing the requirement was "intentionally designed" to exclude biological males who identify as transgender women.

Green's lawyers argued the requirement "is discriminatory because it denied [Green] the full and equal advantages and privileges of defendant's services in violation of Oregon's public accommodations law."