'I prize myself as being a human being'
19 September 2009, 07:27
http://www.thestar.co.za/?fSectionId=2882&fArticleId=vn20090919072318259C134104Caster Semenya's public humiliation has touched people of all races, creeds and genders across the world, but for one South African, Caster's pain has been hers too.
Sally Gross, however, has a better idea than most - because, like the young Limpopo athlete, Gross is intersexed. And she has lived through the ostracism, confusion and denial of the condition by others.
Gross has ambiguous genitalia.
"I don't know how it feels to be a woman. I don't know how it feels to be a man. I feel like me, and that's what's important."
