Veee Eyee Teee wrote:
for comparison, say, the women's pro 800 in the semenya era.
and the irony of that is she is intersex, not trans, and had been labeled female in her birth certificate. which is the end all be all to a lot of conservatives on these trans rules.
so, y'all are the ones moving about the shop. no, the rule is genetic. no, the rule is birth certificate. no, the rule is pull up your skirt and i'll tell you what you are. no, the rule is you'll take a hormone test.
make up YOUR mind.
As for Semenya, yes it’s true that Semenya’s original birth certificate says that Semenya is female.
But for the record: Semenya’s original BC was issued in April 2007, when Semenya was 16.
By that time, Semenya had already decided to give up playing baseball and soccer on boys’ teams to focus instead on trying to make the big time in running in the female category.
The birth certificate Semenya obtained in 2007 saying Semenya is female was most likely arranged by the same corrupt, conniving and very clever officials at Athletics South Africa and in the South African government who cooked up and carried out the plan to put Semenya on the world stage as SA’s “golden girl running sensation” in order to make a big splash in international sports, stick it to the IAAF, flip off all the presumably racist colonialist white people of European ethnic heritage in and from "the Global North," show up and get one over on all the presumably racist white women in athletics particular, and give South Africa an easy shot at gold and glory in top-tier events like the World Championships and the Olympics.
If all the adults in Semenya’s life genuinely thought Semenya was female when Semenya was growing up, then there’s no way that when The NY Times published a fawning profile of Semenya in June 2021, it would have contained so many passages that glaringly contradict one another, such as these:
Semenya identifies as female, was raised female, is legally female and has boldly proclaimed, “I am a woman, and I am fast.”
Her parents, Semenya said, understood that her life would be uncommon and prepared her for it. They let her wear boys’ clothing, take on a household role traditionally reserved for sons and join a teenage boys’ soccer team.
Books for children and young adults have portrayed Semenya as a race and gender activist, a hero, an athlete who overcame bullying to find her identity and confidence on the track.
Semenya spoke affectionately of her younger days of playing on a dusty field in a rural village, and being celebrated, not isolated, for standing out, for being singular and distinctive.
"As a kid, you’re walking home to the sports ground, you’re playing with boys and your childhood becomes marvelous because everyone loves you because you’re different,” Semenya said with a grin.

