intersex issues
"Gender Verification in Sports:" We All Have a Stake in Caster Semenya's Medal
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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Female South African Athlete Asked to Prove Gender
August 21, 2009 - 10:53am (Print)
Just how many experts does it take to assign someone a gender? The female South African winner of the 800m race at track and field world championships in Berlin has been asked to prove that she is a woman.
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