• SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    There is no context or explanation or proof of legitimacy/illegitimacy that is relevant to this discussion. The right is just excited to have a new attack vector against trans folks that also can be used to attack women writ large. 2 birds 1 bigoted stone.

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      1 month ago

      She is not trans. At most what I read is that she is somewhat in the intersex spectrum. (This is at leas what newspapers were reporting a few days ago)

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        1 month ago

        That’s what the IBA claims, but it seems they did it so the Russian boxer she defeated would still have a “perfect” record by invalidating their match. They made the same claim against the Taiwanese boxer who is a double world champion (I can’t find the reasoning for it though). There is no credibility to the claims that either are anything but cis woman.

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          1 month ago

          No, I read it from many newspapers and commentators that were defending her, if that matters. It is also something somewhat compatible with the initial claim of the IBA (having XY chromosomes), but of course nothing is certain at the moment.