Transgender Athlete Defends Caster Semenya From New Gender Criticism
08/24/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire
http://lezgetreal.com/2010/08/transgender-athlete-defends-caster-semenya-from-new-gender-criticism/Kristen Worley is a trangedner cyclist from Toronto, and she helped South African runner Caster Semenya get reinstated into the world of running. Worley attempted to become the first transgender Olympian at the 2008 Beijing Games. She has lashed out at attacks leveled against Semenya in the wake of the runner's return. Particularly virulent are the comments from Canadian Diane Cummins.
Cummins stated "As athletes we feel frustrated because everyone is allowed to give their opinion except us. If we give an honest opinion, we're either seen as bad sports or we're not happy because we're being beaten. But that's not the case. Unfortunately for Caster, she's grown up in an environment that is complicated not just for her but for human science. Basically, is she man, is she lady? What constitutes male, what constitutes female? Even if she is a female, she's on the very fringe of the normal athlete female biological composition from what I understand of hormone testing. So, from that perspective, most of us just feel that we are literally running against a man."
