Here’s a bit of bright news to kick off your weekend. Runner Caster Semenaya will be allowed to keep her gold medals. According to GLAAD: Today, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced that they will allow Semenya to keep the gold medal and prize money she won at the World Athletics Championships in [...]
Guest writer Shanman is a queer trans boi working on a PhD in Women’s Studies. He is interested in constructions of motherhood, transgender theory and history, and Wii Rock Band. His dog is his best friend. Shanman regularly blogs at Transgrad. The IAAF and the media’s ignorance and lack of respect for Caster Semenya has [...]
Guest writer Elliott Weiss sent me a very though-provoking e-mail in response to my post this week about Caster Semenaya. Elliott is a fourth year med student who will start a pediatrics residency next year and most likely a neonatology fellowship after that. Elliott studied English & Biology in college, but also took courses in [...]
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Caster Semenaya, the runner who was forced to undergo “gender testing,” has caused a lot of controversy over the past few weeks, especially on Friday. The media and the blogosphere were quick to start lobbing the term “hermaphrodite” around when it was revealed that Semenaya lacks a uterus or ovaries and that her body produces [...]
