1. Semenya is not trans 2. Semenya wins bc she’s incredible 3. There are many biological advantages; eg. height 4. There are many social advantages; eg. nutrition as a child due to wealth of family 5. We don’t split competition due to 3 or 4 6. This is bigotry masking as concern https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1119131011735064576 …
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Trans people stuck up for her bc, basically, we don’t think people should be bullied for looking too masculine or too feminine. But letting Semenya compete with other cis women without being forced to suppress her natural testosterone isn’t directly relevant to trans athletes.
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i was asking about trans athletes vs male or female sports. idk anything about this person, just wondering how that plays out when/if the subject comes up.
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Or she could be intersex woman based on a female birth phenotype, XY chromosomes, powered by internal testosterone producing testes. Particularly 5-ARD condition is completely testosterone receptive. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-olympics-800-caster-semenya-testosterone-gender-2016aug20-story.html …pic.twitter.com/KorO44mava
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Birth certificate trumps chromosomes or gonads in IAAF https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2019/02/13/iaaf-insists-accepts-caster-semenyas-legal-sex-without-question/ …
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about this, so im asking,HONESTLY, could someone explain to me how it's fair to either female sports, or transgender athletes, if they compete on the same fields? im not being condescending, i truly have no clue how this is supposed to work, for either....