The Algerian boxer who competed in the Paris Olympics is in the news again. A newly-released medical report for Imane Khelif reveals that she does not have a uterus but does have “internal testicles and a ‘micropenis’ resembling an enlarged clitoris. A chromosomal test further confirmed that Khelif has an XY karyotype, while a hormone test found that Khelif had a testosterone level typical of males.”
This means she is a hermaphrodite, not a trans man in women’s sports. She was raised as a girl. Reduxx reports that this is a “genetic abnormality [that] influences the normal development of a child’s sexual organs. At birth, male babies impacted by 5-alpha are often incorrectly assigned female due to the presence of deformed genitalia that sometimes takes on the appearance of a ‘blind vaginal pouch.’ This disordered development typically becomes apparent by puberty, when 5-alpha adolescents begin to experience signs of masculinization such as muscle growth, hair growth, and an absence of breast tissue development or menstruation. Without access to a proper clinical examination, males with 5-alpha may incorrectly believe they are female into adulthood.”
Does this give her an unfair advantage over female competitors? Did she know that it would or could?
This is more of a sad story than a gotcha story. She was raised as a girl, she did not choose to identify as one. Most women would not object to her in a bathroom in the way that they would a trans man. Or would they?
