It's very, very telling that we celebrate Michael Phelps for having an unusual body that allows him to win but these women are about to suffer untold abuse and harassment for their unusual bodies
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Angus Johnston
This is by far the best coverage of Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting I've seen. Short version: Despite assertions to the contrary, neither is trans, and there's no evidence in the public record that either has XY chromosomes.
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Athletes have been driven out of the sport, and nobody should be forced to take anti-androgens for no good reason. Especially not athletes!
God damn this whole thing is fucking stupid...
While NPR Embedded feed is disturbing Tested, @roseveleth.com produced the podcast for the CBC. That website has a lot of great supplemental posts, that shows the care that went into the project
https://bsky.app/profile/roseveleth.com/post/3kyo6h3nnwc2b
"go fight this lateral marginalized group and don't pay attention to the fact that we think you're all inferior and deserve less"
The *only* evidence that they are is that the Russian head of the famously corrupt IBA declared that they failed unnamed tests -- specifically immediately after Khelif beat the Russian competitor in the 2023 championship.