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Title: Sex change boxer Rob Newbiggin will fight as a woman
Post by: Natasha on July 31, 2009, 02:53:24 PM
Sex change boxer Rob Newbiggin will fight as a woman

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/07/31/sex-change-boxer-rob-newbiggin-will-fight-as-a-woman-100252-24282564/ (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/07/31/sex-change-boxer-rob-newbiggin-will-fight-as-a-woman-100252-24282564/)
Gemma Jaleel
7/31/09

A BOXER is planning his last fight as a man before he undergoes a sex change.

Rob Newbiggin, whose 20-year professional fight record includes three wins, one by knockout and 12 defeats, said he was born intersexual – meaning he cannot be classified male or female.

He claimed his adoptive dad talked him into boxing because it was masculine.
Title: Re: Sex change boxer Rob Newbiggin will fight as a woman
Post by: Zelane on July 31, 2009, 03:37:44 PM
Another claiming being intersex then?
Title: Re: Sex change boxer Rob Newbiggin will fight as a woman
Post by: SarahFaceDoom on August 01, 2009, 02:40:05 AM
Shame she has to move from her support group the time she needs them the most.  Just goes to show though, you never know who you're real friends are until you've been through hardship.
Title: Re: Sex change boxer Rob Newbiggin will fight as a woman
Post by: heatherrose on August 01, 2009, 07:56:44 AM



Quote from: Zelane on July 31, 2009, 03:37:44 PMAnother claiming being intersex then?



I roommated with an individual who was born intersexed, I hope you are not
making light of those who have a very real condition. A condition just as real
as that of many of us here who have no "evidence to present", so to speak.



Title: Re: Sex change boxer Rob Newbiggin will fight as a woman
Post by: sd on August 02, 2009, 05:14:55 PM
Quote from: Zelane on July 31, 2009, 03:37:44 PM
Another claiming being intersex then?
Actually, if you look at the real stats, there is a lot more intersex people than what the medical community tells us. They hide a lot of it, or deny that it is an intersex condition by saying it is just an abnormality. The number of babies with "abnormalities" is actually quite high.