Intersex

Semenya's Struggle Teaches Us About Understanding Gender Identity

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.19.2009 | Sports

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, 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: When Gender Is Not Sex

Elizabeth Debold | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Herculine Barbin, Sports, Sex Identity, Michel Foucault, Intersex, Hermaphrodite, Cultural Evolution, Kaate Bornstein, Feminine, Caster Semenya, Masculine, Culture, Gender, Living News
Elizabeth Debold

It seems pretty likely that Semenya is no longer going to be allowed to compete as a female in the sport that she loves and has trained so hard for.

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After Semenya: Tracking Male and Female, Injury and Insult

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Intersex, Olympics, Sex, Sexism, Track and Field, Caster Semenya, Heterosexism, Gender, Entertainment News
Philip N. Cohen

Men's sex advantage in some sports is not a sexist myth, as The Nation would have you believe.

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What Defines A Woman...And What Does California's Prop 8 Have To Do With Menopause?

Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Intersex, Erectile Dysfunction, Prop 8, Gender Testing, Menopause, Turner's Syndrome, Procreation, Doma, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-Sex Marriage, Md, Rebecca Booth, Relationships, Sex, Love, Dr. Rebecca Booth, Living News
Rebecca Booth, MD

Recently I have held some interesting conversations stemming from the debate about California's Prop 8. Specifically, if the law defines the state of matrimony to be legal only between a man and a woman, how does the law define a man and a woman?

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Girl Interrupted on the Track

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 09.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Gender Identification, Caster Semenya, Renee Richards, Iaaf, Intersex, Babe Didrikson, Berlin Olympic Stadium, 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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A Spiritual Challenge to the LGBTQI Community: Pray!

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 01.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Intersex, Queer, Bisexual, Lesbian, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren, Transgendered, Prayer, Gay, Barack Obama, Lbgtqi, Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

Where does outrage stop and genuine spiritual practice begin? I'm asking, really.You know and I know that prayer changes things in a big way.

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