According to the Algerian Olympic Committee [COA], Imane Khelif was born female and had every right to compete at the Olympics.

MP Whittome added, “Imane Khelif was assigned female at birth. She’s spoken about being initially banned from boxing by her dad, who said it wasn’t for girls

kitty-cri so basically too much of a girl to do boxing, but now she’s made it to the fucking Olympics she’s not woman enough? Poor lady can’t win.

Meanwhile, Italian Family Minister Eugenia Roccella defended Carini after her Olympic dream was shattered in 46 seconds.

Skill issue. She lost the match. The fact that she slandered and missgendered someone because she lost to them is an embarrassing display of poor sportsmanship and should really be grounds for a libel lawsuit.

      • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        2 months ago

        The frustrating part is mainstream outlets like Reuters repeating the talking point that Khelif was previously banned from other women’s international boxing competitions for failing gender testing, while leaving off the part where the IBA refuses to release anything about their methodology – only that they did not check for presence of XY chromosomes or elevated T levels. Not that either of these things fucking matter, but the 2023 IBA ruling doesn’t even pass the “plausible deniability” sniff test; the whole ruling comes off sounding like it was vibes-based, so of fucking course it underpins the narrative that the TERF-o-sphere is running with.

        It’s literally just traditionalist-sexist misogyny using transphobia as a cudgel to police women’s bodies, and it’s wild to see it leaking into more mainstream discourse.

        The fact that Carini also happens to be an It*lian cop is chefs-kiss though.