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Olympics: Imane Khelif Files Complaint Over Gender Abuse

OlympicOlympics: Boxing Champion Imane Khelif Files Complaint Over OnlineGender HarrassmentAbuse

Olympics: Imane Khelif Files Complaint Over Gender Abuse
Above: Imane Khelif poses for a photo with her gold medal during the Women's 66kg Final medal ceremony in Paris at Roland Garros on Aug. 9, 2024. Image copyright: RvS.Media/Monika Majer/Contributor/Getty Images Sport via Getty Images

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Sadly, for women's boxing, the IOC was complicit in allowing genetically men to box against women — and unsurprisingly win all their bouts in unanimous decisions — in what was promoted as the first-ever gender-equal Olympics. Though Khelif is not trans, the Algerian has all the advantages of being a male in the ring.

Anti-trans activists were quick to attack cisgender female Olympic champion Imane Khelif, paying little attention to the fact that she had competed — and won just a single bout — at Tokyo 2020 without any commotion. What is a woman seems not to be an easy question after all, and non-white athletes continue to suffer the most scrutiny and abuse.


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