“Gender Verification Tests” in Sports – We All Have A Stake in Caster Semenya’s Medal
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 [...]
Some Notes on Intersex
The Australian affiliate of Organisation Internationale des Intersexués (OII) published a great list of Intersex Terms for Journalists . The goal is for people to understand Intersex persons better and to language conversations in respect and accuracy. I think the list is great for not only journalists, but for anyone in relationship with Intersex persons [...]
The Scientific Problem With Sex And Gender Dichotomies
This is a piece I originally posted at the Ex-Gay Watch on February 11, 2007. Given the recent media attention on Caster Semenya , I thought reposting this piece here at Pam’s House Blend would create some space for good discussion. The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) has disbanded since I originally wrote this [...]
The Scientific Problem With Sex And Gender Dichotomies
This is a piece I originally posted at the Ex-Gay Watch on February 11, 2007. Given the recent media attention on Caster Semenya , I thought reposting this piece here at Pam’s House Blend would create some space for good discussion. The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) has disbanded since I originally wrote this [...]
Runner Caster Semenya takes gender test — she is intersexed; MSM reporting is offensive
( Autumn reported on this story in the This and That roundup below, citing LGBT news sources, but I wanted to front page it because of the awful reporting in the mainstream press and reader reaction ) In an not-surprising sensationalized article in the NY Daily News, it is reported that the South African athlete [...]
Thursday This & That: Open Thread
It’s an open thread! Pleeeeease feel free to chat, blogwhore , and link-share in the comment thread… My sockpuppet Bookworm Bob was having a really bad couple of days at the beginning of the week, so he told me that taking a day or three off blogging — a mini-vacation — would be good for [...]
This is interesting: transgender rapist to be moved to women’s prison
A reader sent me this story from the U.K.: Transsexual prisoner wins right to be in female prison. That’s from the Torygraph — right-wing, I know, but at least it’s preferable to the sleazy red tops. Cliff Notes version: The prisoner, who cannot be identified, won a human rights battle against Jack Straw, the Justice [...]
Views on the News – 8/29/2009
Obama is a product of a marketing promotion and as the tea parties and town hall meetings are illustrating, Americans, including those who voted for Obama, are discovering that the change in Washington is not all that they had hoped for. Lauri B. Regan sees the Obama administration interjecting itself where no administration has dared [...]
Views on the News – 8/29/2009
Obama is a product of a marketing promotion and as the tea parties and town hall meetings are illustrating, Americans, including those who voted for Obama, are discovering that the change in Washington is not all that they had hoped for. Lauri B. Regan sees the Obama administration interjecting itself where no administration has dared [...]
What Would You Do If You Found Out Your Pastor Used to Be a Woman?
From the Portland Tribune : The Rev. David Weekley grows uncomfortable in his chair. As soon as he raises the topic of gay rights to his conservative clergyman friend one day at lunch, he knows it’s a mistake. He knows that the United Methodist Church long ago retained the right to turn away openly gay [...]