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Stop Policing Caster Semenya’s Gender

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by Shawn Syms

September 21, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Caster Semenya should not be placed on trial — it's our society's outmoded perspective on gender that's due for an overhaul. That race for equality won't be won until we're all free to safely cross the finish line together.
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"Gender Verification in Sports:" We All Have a Stake in Caster Semenya's Medal

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by Katherine Franke, Columbia Law School

September 14, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

When South African athlete Caster Semenya won the 800 meter track competition last month in Berlin, some observers questioned Semenya’s “real” sex and she was forced to undergo testing.

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