Susan's Place Logo

News:

Since its founding in 1995 Susan's Place forums have blossomed into a truly global lifeline. To date we've delivered roughly 1.4 billion page views to hundreds of millions of unique visitors, guided more than 41,000 registered members through 1,985,081 posts and 188,474 topics across 193 boards, and—most importantly—helped save tens of thousands of lives by connecting people to vital information and support at their most vulnerable moments.

Main Menu

Girls will be girls at the Beijing Olympics - sex tests will prove it

Started by Natasha, July 29, 2008, 05:28:10 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

Natasha

July 29, 2008, 05:28:10 PM
Girls will be girls at the Beijing Olympics - sex tests will prove it

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4419301.ece
7/29/2008

Suspicious-looking woman athletes participating in next month's Olympic Games in Beijing will be forced to take a gender test, the Chinese authorities have announced.
  •  

Elwood

#1
July 29, 2008, 05:29:35 PM
I guess that's somewhat understandable. A transwoman was born with advantages that a ciswoman doesn't have...

So maybe a transwoman division would be appropriate? Although, doing that would be segregating...

That's really a tough one to call.
  •  

Gabrielle

#2
July 29, 2008, 05:43:37 PM
But the IOC has already given the green light for post-op ts to participate in the olympics in their desired gender.  The requirement is that they have been on HRT and are two years post-op.

So given this, genetic tests would not work 100% of the time.
  •  

Elwood

#3
July 29, 2008, 05:50:23 PM
Oh. Then WTF, China? They said it was okay, already.  :icon_evil:
  •  
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions