Sherry Wolf is the author of Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics and Theory of LGBT Liberation. Wolf is a associate editor of the International Socialist Review and she blogs at SherryTalksBack.com.
Why does the sports world remain fiercely hostile to open participation by LGBT athletes?
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.