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NEWS ABOUT: hermaphrodite

hermaphrodite stories: 6 news summaries

Strip Club's Ad Pokes Fun
at Hermaphrodite Runner

'No need for gender testing!' billboard draws complaints

Sep 30, 09 10:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A strip club’s seemingly obvious reference to the South African runner revealed to be a hermaphrodite is, predictably, drawing complaints—though the club’s owner says his billboard proclaiming “No need for gender testing!” underneath a busty model isn’t a stab at Caster Semenya. Lolly Jackson... More »

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advertising • South Africa • strip club • athletics • hermaphrodite • billboards • Caster Semenya • gender test • Leonard Chuene • Teazers • Lolly Jackson

 Athletics Boss: 
 I Lied About Semenya 

'Tell me someone who has not lied to protect a child,' Chuene says

Sep 19, 09 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The president of Athletics South Africa admitted today that he lied to cover up gender tests conducted on runner Caster Semenya, saying he was trying to protect her, the Mail & Guardian reports. Leonard Chuene also admitted to rejecting advice from an ASA team doctor to withdraw Semenya from last... More »

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South Africa • hermaphrodite • IAAF • track and field • Caster Semenya • gender test

Semenya Ban Would Start World War III: S. Africa

Sports minister steps up defense of racing champ

Sep 11, 09 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Africa’s sports minister threatened “the third world war” if Caster Semenya is barred from competing in women’s sporting events because of the results of a sex test, the BBC reports. Such a decision “would be totally unfair and totally unjust,” said the official. “... More »

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gender • sports • sex • South Africa • hermaphrodite • IAAF • track and field • Caster Semenya

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Cruise Daughter 
 Gets $59K Makeover 

Plus, Pamela Anderson was a nympho, and Lady GaGa is a hermaphrodite

Aug 7, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Cruise’s 16-year-old daughter felt a little insecure—so he shelled out $59,000 for a makeover, Australia’s News Network reports. Isabella “was complaining that boys never notice her,” a source tells the National Enquirer, adding that since the makeover, she’s “more confident and... More »

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entertainment • Tom Cruise • celebrity • hermaphrodite • Pamela Anderson • Renee Zellweger • celebrity parents • Bradley Cooper • Lady Gaga • Isabella Cruise

Even Toughest Toads Are Being Unmanned

Clues to sex-change mystery could explain amphibian decline

Jul 13, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The mystery of the hermaphrodite toads may be solved: Researchers have found that various chemicals used in farming are linked to sex changes in certain amphibian species, the Independent reports. In a population of cane toads, 40% of males had developed feminine coloring and ovaries, and an additional 20% had... More »

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endangered species • farming • chemicals • extinction • frogs • hermaphrodite • sex change • amphibians

'Male' Panda Gives Birth to Twins

Jinzhu turns out to be a 'normal girl' after all

Aug 9, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - A giant panda once thought to be male gave birth to twin cubs this week in China. Jinzhu was believed to be male at birth, but the panda showed zero sexual interest after being shipped to Japan in 2000 to breed with a female. When scientists attempted artificial insemination, they... More »

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endangered species • reproduction • zoo • birth • animal behavior • panda • hermaphrodite • Jinzhu • baseball • animal

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