blather: claiming my peeps

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As a woman who sang bass in choir, who was so flat chested she got teased in swim class, and whose voice changed when she hit puberty (oh fun), I claim Caster Semenya as my peeps and say the ass hats demanding a gender test before they award her the gold medal should go stuff their ideas of gender into the tiniest orifice in their bodies they can find. Preferably one that will cause a painful infection later.

Comments

[greek-jester.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Even real-life hermaphrodites are far enough over on one side or another of the spectrum to live as one particular gender. How insulting is it that physical appearance can affect whether someone is classified a woman?

[kimboosan.livejournal.com]

Agreeing with Greek_Jester here -- WTF standard of "gender" is being enforced here? Madness.

I admit, when I first saw the headline (across the room on Husband's computer screen) I thought it was from The Onion. *shakes head*

[arrow00.livejournal.com]

exactly. who the fuck gets to judge? they're gonna, what, count her fucking ovaries?

meanwhile, I love the quote from her:

“She said to me she doesn’t see what the big deal is all about,” South Africa team manager Phiwe Mlangeni-Tsholetsane said Thursday. “She believes it is God given talent and she will exercise it.”

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