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Gold medal Olympian Caster Semenya blocked from defending medal unless she takes hormones
“I refuse to let World Athletics drug me or stop me from being who I am.”
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UN says forcing intersex athletes into medical interventions violates human rights
Some sports organizations require cisgender, intersex athletes to take hormone-altering drugs to compete.
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Caster Semenya was told that she can compete in men’s track events
The International Association of Athletics Federations says the cisgender woman can only compete as a man because her natural testosterone levels are “too high.”
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Olympian Caster Semenya loses case that would require her to take hormone suppressant
The Olympic committee has decided the cisgender athlete must lower the amount of testosterone that her body naturally creates.
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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova attacks trans athletes on Twitter
She apologized, but also says that she regrets nothing.
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Christian group says ‘turning gay’ didn’t help Olympic diver Tom Daley
The group also attempted to cast doubt on the fact that Daley is truly gay, blaming the seduction of “older man” Dustin Lance Bass.