this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2024
532 points (94.9% liked)
Memes
45689 readers
2233 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Is this the girl that a bunch of right wing asshats were calling trans... people need to piss off, and I'm happy for her.
It's the Y chromosome that triggers them.
edit: alleged/unpublished ... she failed some gender verification tests of IBA that disqualified her there, but met the IOC's criteria. It is what it is. They might keep or change the eligibility rules in the future, and that will continue to be IOC's decision, much as it is IBA's.
Are you saying she's a man?
Swyers disease. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_gonadal_dysgenesis
A Genetically-born XY person with fully developed female-organs and no visible male-organs hence failed to go through male-puberty remaining for all intents and purposes female-adjacent.
The Olympics committee via Scientific investigation have determined that Swyers disease persons are essentially female from birth including physical characteristics hence an exception has been made to be allowed in the Olympics female category for participation.
Trans-persons are still not allowed in the Olympics female category no exceptions.
Okay that's good she doesn't have that.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crlr8gp813ko seems to have a good explanation. In short, it's complicated, and the IOC drew their lines.