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This is clearly accusing a woman (Khelif) of being a male and only pretending to be female. And even if you pretend it isn't about her (just a poor timing, right?), what does "male competitors in women’s sports" designates if not trans people? After all, which "males" are allowed to compete in women's sports, Maciej, if not transgenders?

This is very disingenuous, and you seem to think you can bullshit people.

(Don't know where the "age"ist is doing there?)

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I am absolutely not accusing Khelif, or anyone else, of pretending to be something she's not. The evidence is clear she's a male athlete who grew up with a disorder of sexual development, but it's possible in that scenario to be raised as a girl and not learn of the condition until puberty. I think accusations of bad faith against Khelif are cruel.

To answer your second question, I don't think any male athlete should compete in women's sports, since it negates the purpose of having sex-segregated categories. I believe it's possible to preserve these categories without excluding or vilifying transgender athletes. And I think this sentiment is in line with the vast majority of people who understand there is a tension between affirming people's gender identity and being fair to female athletes.

("Ageist" is a joke about the non-sequitur accusations of transphobia I got in response to my tweet.)

You say she's male, but she says she's female. How can you square that with "I am absolutely not accusing Khelif of pretending to be something she's not" when you are absolutely accusing her of doing that?

The available evidence shows that Khelif is indeed a male.

See this thread for further detail: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43025035

This is a ridiculous post: >In fact every medal winner in the women's 800m at the 2016 Olympics was male.

were "male" is redefined as "the 46,XY karyotype".

What's next, are we going to screen all basketball players for genes that makes one too tall?

But congratulations on Algeria, apparently a "woke" country were it is easy for men to pass as women for decades.

As I asked the other sceptical commenter: how exactly would you explain XY karyotype, testosterone levels in the male range, and male-typical physique - other than by the athletes being male?

https://www.alamy.com/silver-medalist-francine-niyonsaba-of-...

Also, we know that these three were deemed ineligible for future events under the revised World Athletics DSD policy which was developed with the intent of excluding male physical advantage from women's competitions.

Semenya's DSD (5-alpha reductase deficiency) is public knowledge due to the Court of Arbitration for Sport publishing a ruling revealing this. This is a DSD that only affects male sexual development, not female.

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