Katherine Franke’s article was originally published at the Gender and Sexuality Law Blog of Columbia University Law School. As many will recall, the gold medal performance in the 800 meter track competition by Caster Semenya, a South African athlete, last month at the Berlin World Championships, sparked a “sex panic” when some observers questioned Semenya’s “real” sex. Well, things have turned a troubling corner in this matter this week. An Australian newspaper reported toda