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Gender and SexualityJuly 27, 2011
America’s Deepest Closet
Why does the sports world remain fiercely hostile to open participation by LGBT athletes?
Sherry Wolf
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SportsApril 2, 2010
Let Caster Run!
Runner Caster Semenya showed up to race this week and the International Association of Athletics Federations wouldn't let her--when Semenya's only "crime" is that she may be intersex.
Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf
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Gender and SexualitySeptember 14, 2009
Stop the Sex Scare in Sports
The salacious sports media and the puritanical zealots that run international track and field have joined forces to hit a new low.
Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf
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Gender and SexualityAugust 21, 2009
Caster Semenya: The Idiocy of Sex Testing
South African runner Caster Semenya shouldn't be the one humiliated by "gender testing"--it's the outdated views of athletic officials that are embarrassing.
Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf
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