Athletic competitions have traditionally enjoyed the reputation of being" pure" sport. Since
the advent of the ancient Olympic Games, it was man (usually naked) competing against …

* Ms. Shy is a third-year law student at Northeastern School of Law in Boston,
Massachusetts. She graduated magna cum laude with a BA. in Sociology and Gender …

Sex classifications that sort males from females remain pervasive even as antidiscrimination
law designed to achieve equality for females has chipped away at their subordinating …

Earlier this year, the two-time Olympic Gold Medalist for the women's 800-meter run, Caster
Semenya, was told by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that she would have to start …

Athletic competition and constructions of gender identity are constantly at tension with one
another.'These two concepts often collide, as research shows that they present conflicting …

It all comes down to this. Every decision she has made for years she made with this day in
mind. What she ate, who she trained with, and almost every activity in her day depended on …

For most of humanity's existence, sport meant men's sport. From the ancient Olympics up
through the first two-thirds of the twentieth century, women faced many cultural obstacles to …

Anti-trans advocates have created a smokescreen-painting transgender people as a threat
to cisgender women and girls-in order to push their latest legislation targeting trans students' …

Andraya Yearwood always knew she was different. 2 From a young age, Andraya liked to
wear her mother's heels and she began wearing skirts and wigs in middle school. 3 At …

In August 2009, Caster Semenya, an eighteen-year-old runner from South Africa, was under
suspicion after a victorious performance in the women's 800-meter event at the 12th IAAF …