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Runner Caster Semenya rejects “intersex” label & forced medical interventions
“That identity doesn’t fit me; it doesn’t fit my soul.”
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Sore loser accuses competitor who beat her of being transgender at 2023 Asian Games
“It’s only when I won the bronze because of my sheer hard work and dedication that she came up with this transgender thing.”
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Olympian Caster Semenya wins appeal against testosterone limits
The cisgender South African Olympic gold medal-winning runner has been battling World Athletics’ discriminatory rules for years.
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World Athletics to mark Trans Day of Visibility with ban on trans competitors in track & field
The ban takes effect on March 31, the date of the International Transgender Day of Visibility.
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African soccer player barred from tournament because her testosterone levels are too high
Barbra Banda is a cisgender woman who is being told her body disqualifies her from playing women’s soccer.
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German soccer organization lifts ban on trans athletes
“At what point is a girl ‘too tall’ … ‘too strong,’ ‘too good,’ ‘too fast,’ ‘too masculine’ to then be accused of being transgender?” one trans athlete asked.
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International Rugby League bans trans athletes. FIFA & World Athletics are likely to follow
International sports bodies are grappling with the issue and coming up short.
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Authors admit study used to justify banning Semenya & other women from Olympics was misleading
World Athletics justified their ban of women with higher testosterone levels by citing a scientific study. Now the authors say it was only “exploratory.”
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Polish sprinter demands Namibian silver medalist be tested to see if she’s “definitely a woman”
The white male athlete said that the African woman is faster than he was at her age, so she must be a man.
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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.”