One Woman’s Fight against the Intersex Stigma

[Natasha]

One Woman's Fight against the Intersex Stigma

http://intersexnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/one-womans-fight-against-intersex.html
9/20/09

Thea Hillman, who has fought the label "hermaphrodite" for most of her teen and adult life, says she was "heartbroken" Friday morning when she heard South African runner Caster Semenya could be banned from competing as a woman after new tests showed she is a hermaphrodite, having both male and female sex characteristics. Semenya, who reportedly had no idea prior to these tests, has made a very personal discovery in front of the whole world.