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Defining a woman

Started by Natasha, February 21, 2008, 05:53:46 PM

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Defining a woman

http://www.themuse.ca/view.php?aid=40952
02/21/2008

VICTORIA (CUP) – What is a woman? Are male-to-female transsexuals real women? While sportsorganizations struggle to cope with these questions, a University of Victoria (UVic) Law Panel on Transgendered Athletes in Olympic Cycling took on the issue on Jan. 24. More than 50 students attended the 90-minute seminar, which included presentations by UBC human kinetics professor Jim Rupert and Simon Fraser queer sociologist Ann Travers.
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