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NEWS ABOUT: gender confusion

gender confusion stories: 10 news summaries

 IAAF Denies It 
 OK'd Gold 
 Medal for 
 Semenya 

Talks continuing in gender controversy

Nov 20, 09 3:54 AM CST
(Newser) - The International Association of Athletics Foundation is denying claims by the South African government that it decided to allow runner Caster Semenya to keep her gold medal in the wake of questions about her gender. South African officials announced yesterday that Semenya has been cleared of "wrongdoing" and would... More »

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gender • race • Berlin • world record • IAAF • gender confusion • Caster Semenya

 Gender Bending Is 
 Back in Fashion 

Men's, women's, who cares? young dressers tell market

Nov 19, 09 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Call it the new cross-dressing: Young fashionistas are exhibiting a willful disregard for whether items of clothing are “men’s” or “women’s,” mixing and matching what works for them into an androgynous personal statement. So while one young clotheshorse allows he might not don a skirt,... More »

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fashion • clothing • cross dressing • gender confusion • trends • androgynous • youth culture

 Experts Called 
 In to Review 
 Semenya's  
 Gender Tests 

South African track champ may be suffering chromosomal disorder

Sep 9, 09 2:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The International Association of Athletics Federations' gender testing on Caster Semenya is complete, and enough doubt remains that she is truly female that experts have been called in to examine the results, the Daily Telegraph reports. The review will determine whether the South African runner suffers from a chromosomal disorder... More »

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South Africa • athletics • IAAF • gold medalist • gender confusion • Caster Semenya • gender test

OPINION

 Semenya's Makeover 
 Downright Cynical 

Too bad South African athlete can't just 'wear pants if she feels like it'

Sep 8, 09 8:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The appearance of Caster Semenya, the runner who was the subject of gender controversy at last month’s world championships, all made over on the cover of a South African magazine has blogger Anna N., on Jezebel, smelling a rat. “It’s hard not to see the shoot as... More »

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South Africa • gender confusion • makeover • Jezebel • Caster Semenya • gender test

(Newser) - Pre-race World Championship blood tests on super South African runner Caster Semenya revealed testosterone levels three times typical female rates, a source tells the Telegraph. The results of the tests, carried out in South Africa, contributed to a decision by sports officials to call for "gender verification" tests on... More »

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gender • Berlin • South Africa • testosterone • anabolic steroids • East Germany • World Championships • blood tests • gold medal • gold medalist • gender confusion • women athletes • Caster Semenya • gender test

OPINION

 Women, 
 Time to 
 Compete 
 Against 
 the Men 

Eliminating divisions will solve gender identity issues in sports

Aug 23, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Female athletes will always be inherently inferior to their male counterparts unless they can directly prove their mettle against them, Dominic Lawson writes in a provocative column for the Times of London. His solution: “Let there be no male or female athletics championships. Instead, let men and women—and... More »

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gender • sports • women • men • athletics • Olympics • gender confusion • Caster Semenya

Semenya Is a Girl: S. African Birth Certificate

Track star feels 'humiliated' over
gender controversy

Aug 21, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mother of South African track and field star Caster Semenya has produced a birth certificate showing the runner is female, the BBC reports. "I have no doubt about what I see. It's a girl," said Dorcus Semenya despite calls that Caster take a gender test. Caster fell... More »

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gender • South Africa • racing • track and field • gender confusion • Caster Semenya

UPDATED

 S. African 
 Track Star 
 Told to Take 
 Gender Test 

Gender confusion has followed Semenya's meteoric success

Aug 19, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The International Association of Athletics Federations has asked South African track star Caster Semenya to undergo gender testing, the BBC reports. The 18-year-old Semenya won the 800-meter final today at the World Championships in Berlin, just weeks after becoming African junior champion by smashing the South African record. More »

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gender • race • IAAF • gender confusion • rumors • Jay-ZTV • Caster Semenya

(Newser) - Pregnant Man is no one-baby wonder. Thomas Beatie gave birth to his second child this morning, reports ABC News. Beatie, who was born a woman but is now legally a man, catapulted to fame last year when images of his pregnant belly surfaced. Though he's had some surgery toward his... More »

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gender • baby • sex change • Thomas Beatie • pregnant man • gender confusion

Aha! Zoo Bears Won't Mate Because Both Are Female

Japan park figures out why polar bears don't have much chemistry

Nov 26, 08 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - A Japanese zoo is learning it might want to check the plumbing more closely the next time it acquires a polar bear cub, CNN reports. Tsuyoshi was brought to the Kushiro Zoo to breed with 11-year-old Kurumi. But when the cub reached reproductive age, he turned out to be she,... More »

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breeding • Japan • zoo • polar bear • gender confusion

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