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Semenya's Struggle Teaches Us About Understanding Gender Identity

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Africa, Sports, Intersex, Gender Stereotypes, Transgender, Gender Discrimination, Gender Testing, Caster Semenya Gender, Transgendered, Caster Semenya, Transgender Issues, World Championships, Gender, Iaaf, The Playing Field, Sports News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

A South African runner whose gender identity stirred up huge controversy will be permitted to keep her title and prize money. But how do we define what is too male to compete in a women's sport?

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Caster Semenya: Outrage, Worry In South Africa Over Report On Runner

AP | CELEAN JACOBSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pretoria, Caster Semenya, Sports, Iaaf, South Africa, Testes, Gender, Hermaphrodite, Man, Female, Track and Field, Male, Woman, Castor Semenya, Castor, Caster Semenya Gender Hermaphrodite, World News

PRETORIA, South Africa — Caster Semenya had heard the taunts and whispers – that she was different from other girls. Now the most intimate...

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Caster Semenya: Tests Reveal Sprinter Has Both Male, Female Characteristics

New York Daily News | By Oren Yaniv | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tests show that controversial runner Caster Semenya is a woman ...and a man! The 18-year-old South African champ has no womb or ovaries and her testo...

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Girl Interrupted on the Track

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gender Identification, Caster Semenya, Renee Richards, Iaaf, Intersex, Babe Didrikson, Berlin Olympic Stadium, Track and Field, Entertainment News
Roger I. Abrams

Caster Semenya's brilliant performance in the women's 800 meters race caused critics to regurgitate decades-old slanders traditionally directed at women who appear too manly.

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If Caster Were Your Child

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caster Semanya, Sports, Iaaf, Africa, Track and Field, South Africa, World News
Marcia DeSanctis

The parents of Caster Semenya themselves deserve gold medals. If it were my daughter, I would be inconsolable.

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Seven Russian Olympians Suspended In Doping Scandal

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Olympics, Beijing Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Doping, Russia, Iaaf, Track and Field, Home News

BRUSSELS, Belgium — With only one week to go before the Beijing Olympics, Russia suddenly has its own version of a BALCO doping scandal involvin...

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