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Posts tagged "gender identity"

Caster Semenya allowed to keep gold medal

After all of the controversy, Caster Semenya will be allowed to keep the gold medal she earned earlier this year. Shortly after Caster won the Women’s 800m at the World Championship it was alleged that Caster wasn’t really a woman at all but was a man masquerading as a woman.  Allegations ran around the web... Read more »
By Michael Lehet,
November 19, 2009 at 10:59 am
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The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act PASSED

Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr I’m still not up to speed so I apologize for just passing this along and not sprucing things up a big……but The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act passed at the Federal level today! Let me say that again – at the FEDERAL level –... Read more »
By Michael Lehet,
October 22, 2009 at 6:50 pm
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South African athletics boss quits over Semenya gender bender probe

AP Photo: Anja Niedringhaus Caster Semenya has been in the news quite often over the last week since the IAAF has requested a “gender verification test.” Semenya shattered the current 800m Womens race at the World Athletics Championships by almost a full second and since then has been under constant scrutiny to determine whether she... Read more »
By Michael Lehet,
August 23, 2009 at 5:26 pm
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