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Another good Semenya column
by After Atalanta
posted August 26, 2010 at 12:31am
It bolsters my faith in the media and humanity generally to read pieces like Gregg Doyel's column on the negative responses to Caster Semenya this past weekend. Doyel, writing for CBS Sports starts:Someday soon, Caster Semenya could become the fastest hal...more
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Response to the Semenya response
by After Atalanta
posted August 24, 2010 at 8:18pm
So in response to the comments of athletes, notably a female runner from Canada, about the recent performances of Caster Semenya, another Canadian, bike racer Kristen Worley, has made some very insightful comments.Worley is is male to female transsexual w...more
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Testosterone levels: New racing categories?
by After Atalanta
posted August 23, 2010 at 4:25pm
Dear track and field athletes: Hope you like needles, because we're going to test your testosterone levels before every competition and enter you into the appropriate category the day of your race. Sure this will cost us millions and millions of dollars b...more
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Commentary continues as Semenya resumes racing
by After Atalanta
posted July 19, 2010 at 12:39pm
I have seen several articles/editorials since Caster Semenya has resumed racing. But this one is by far the best. (I won't even link to the really problematic one from a male sportswriter from Kenya who seemed to have some sympathy for Semenya's situation...more
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Semenya cleared to race
by After Atalanta
posted July 7, 2010 at 8:38pm
What seemed like endless tests and discussions over the gender of South African runner Caster Semenya have apparently come to an end with the IAAF (the international governing body of track and field) ruling that Semenya can continue (after the imposed on...more
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Caster Semenya cleared for competition
by Athletic Women Blog
posted July 7, 2010 at 4:58pm
After much bumbling, the IAAF has cleared Caster Semenya to compete again. I'm happy for Semenya, and slightly hopeful that the lesson has been learned so that no one else has to go through such tribulation.
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Ain’t I a woman?
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted June 7, 2010 at 4:06pm
This is the title of a speech given by African-American abolitionist and former slave, Sojourner Truth, in 1851 at a Women’s Rights Conference in Ohio. Her speech was in reaction to the privileges that white women had and the comparative silence about t...more
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IOC shows more ignorance about gender
by Women's Sports Blog
posted January 23, 2010 at 12:27pm
Not content with resting on its laurels in deciding that women can't ski jump, it has declared that it will avoid further disasters like the humiliation and mistreatment of Caster Semenya...by embracing a medical model of intersex. Yeah, that'll fix a s...more
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Hold the presses: no lawsuit for Semenya
by After Atalanta
posted December 29, 2009 at 2:04pm
So it turns out the rumors around Caster Semenya are still based on things that very loosely resemble facts. Semenya has no intention of suing either the ASA or IAAF. She has retained a lawyer--the same firm that represented Oscar Pistorius in battle agai...more
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A few newsy things
by After Atalanta
posted December 29, 2009 at 1:30pm
On December 22 the Canadian Supreme Court refused to hear the case of female ski jumpers trying to get into the 2010 Olympics. This was the last ditch effort of the group which has pursued legal means and made appeals to the IOC, including a letter to Pre...more
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LA Times sportswriter Mike Penner dies
by After Atalanta
posted November 29, 2009 at 3:02pm
It is with great sadness that I read about the death of LA Times sports writer Mike Penner who died Friday at the age of 52. It is suspected Penner took his own life.Penner had been a sport writer since the 80s, covering multiple sports and events, but ga...more
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Semenya back in the news; the debate continues
by After Atalanta
posted November 20, 2009 at 11:46am
Thankfully it appears that South African runner Caster Semenya is not mired in depression or confusion over the recent questioning and testing of her gender and sex and biology.Last weekend The Guardian ran a lengthy essay on what Semenya is up to these d...more
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A new blog by a transgender athlete
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted November 3, 2009 at 12:55pm
I want to alert readers to a new blog that I think you will find interesting and informative. It is written by a transgender athlete. “Corbyn” is female-bodied and identifies as a man. He is not yet taking hormones and describes himself as “pre-sur...more
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