Yes, Imane Khelif is not a trans athlete. But, no, that doesn’t mean they should be eligible to compete in women’s sports. Here are the reasons:
Imane Khelif likely has had a chromosome karyotyping genetic test. Given Imane was disqualified from competing in 2023 due to a failed gender test that was not using testosterone levels as the metric (testosterone is not a gender test and should not be used to determine gender since we have a much better obvious test for assessing male or female sex). The results would have been XY in-order to fail a gender test (in-order to compete in female categorisation), which is male chromosomes. This means that Imane Khelif is biologically (natal) male. The International Boxing Association (IBA) said Khelif “failed to meet the eligibility criteria for participating in the women’s competition, as set and laid out in the IBA regulations”. According to the IBA’s regulations: “Boxers will compete against boxers of the same gender”, meaning women vs women and men vs men as per the definitions of these rules. The IBA defines a woman as “an individual with chromosome XX” and a man as “an individual with chromosome XY”.
As Imane’s home country Algeria does not have trans-rights laws, it is likely Imane has DSD (disordered sexual development), either 46,XY syndrome (also known as 5-alpha-reductase deficiency) or AIS (androgen insensitivity syndrome). In both those cases, when born, the male baby during in-utero growth has not properly developed externalised male sex organs, but instead the testis have not descended nor has the penis and as a result it looks more like the outside genitals of a female (which does not make the baby a female). With XY allosomes (sex chromosomes) and DSD, even with the look of external female genitalia, Imane would not have reproductive capable functioning female sex organs. No womb, no ovaries, etc. It’s just that during gestational development, with 46XY syndrome, the baby has a gene variant (polymorphism) that is essentially malfunctioning when it comes to the production of DHT (dihydrotestosterone) needed in baby males during in-utero development. This means the baby boy in-utero does not produce the type of testosterone that signals the development of external male genitalia. The rest of this person’s body does experience the full effects of testosterone throughout puberty and beyond, so this makes Imane have ‘malformed’ (not typically properly developed male-looking sex organs) genitalia, that doesn’t make Imane a natal female. We do not call boys who were captured and castrated by slavers ‘girls’ just because they don’t have male genitalia. It’s not the existence of externally visible typical sex characteristics that make females female or males male, although they are used as the first line of assessment when determining the gender of a newborn, and it is typically highly reliable and accurate.
It’s also possible Imane has AIS. This also results in being born without fully developed external male genitalia. Some individuals with AIS are born with partially descended testis, others start to feel pain in puberty as they never descend and may need to remove them to avoid the risk of cancer. The point is, many obstetricians will incorrectly categorise the gender of these babies as female, because they don’t see classical testis nor a penis at birth. For males with AIS (who typically are mistakenly registered as females at birth), they usually find out that they have AIS during puberty, when they grow more like males do physically and don’t get a menstrual cycle. The rest of their body fully responds to the testosterone they produce like a healthy male does. In Imane’s case, it is very likely they were misdiagnosed at birth due to DSD which could be either 46,XY or AIS. In this respect, it may be appropriate to use the pronoun “they”, as Imane would likely have grown up being treated as and told they were a girl.
It’s important to consider the fact that Imane Khelif entered the Olympics likely knowing that they are a natal male (XY). As Imane was disqualified in competition in 2023 due to failing a gender test, which is a genetic test of the allosome genes (XX or XY karyotyping). Many sports managers look for individuals like Imane Khelif, because often they would during childhood appear to be excellent at sports when competing against girls – the reason being, they are males with malformed genitalia. People with these DSD conditions are not at fault, as they would likely have thrived in sports as children and therefore been noticed for this and encouraged to pursue a career in sports. But they are not natal female and therefore do not belong in female competitive sports. Just as a fully abled person is not allowed to compete in the para-Olympics, a person with a bionic pair of legs is not allowed to compete in the regular Olympic races, natal males should not be allowed to compete against women in Olympic boxing. It would be impressive if individuals like Imane Khelif started to share their stories, inform the public, become thought leaders and set examples to future generations about how to address these sensitive situations. This would make them incredible people.
We cannot blame individuals like Imane Khelif. They were misclassified at birth. It was an honest mistake by the obstetrician. To avoid making such mistakes, it would be wiser for babies to be karyotyped at birth. It is cheap, fast and easy to do. This is to protect those with DSD from being incorrectly classified and help ensure they are given all the support to lead a healthy, fulfilling life, instead of facing confusion during puberty and possible ostracism. There are already newborn screening tests commonly performed to detect rare genetic conditions that can cause serious health problems such as aneuploidy, sex chromosome duplications or deletions, phenylketonuria (PKU) and sickle cell disease.
Because of all the deliberate obfuscation around the meaning or simple terms like ‘male’ and ‘female’, many well-meaning people have been left feeling confused about these issues. Going forward, to avoid confusion, it may be best to not say “male category” nor “female category”, but “XX” and “XY” categories. This way there would be no confusion about who should be allowed to compete against each other. The terms ‘male’ and ‘female’ should be what they have always meant until five minutes ago: Male = XY, and female = XX.
Dr. Isabella Cooper is a Biochemist and Medical Pathologist.
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are the Chinese using traditional technology vaccines that don’t work or are they using new gene therapy technology ‘vaccines’ that don’t work and may seriously injure or even kill you?
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This is a never ending spiral of evil
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Either way, there is no justification in jabbing children!
As far as I’m aware they have several (at least three) inactivated virus types (‘New Crown’, ‘BBIBP-CorV’, CoronaVac), one protein-based vaccine ZF2001, and one adenovirus viral vector Ad5-nCoV. Others are in trials stages.
any idea of the efficacy of the first 3
Worldwide madness.
A worldwide, evil, plan!
Shhhh… nobody knows – as Hitler mused, ”luckily they’re too stupid”
“The decision has been made in light of China’s zero-tolerance policy towards any further outbreaks”
Sorry, needs fixing
The decision has been made in light of China’s zero-tolerance policy towards anyone remaining unvaxxed, to prevent further outbreaks of anyone believing covid isn’t a deadly pandemic that requires everyone to be vaxxed continuously, forever”
Presumably these poisons are made in China, like face nappies and bogus testing kits?
Or, The decision has been made in light of China’s previous failed attempts to limit the number of children a couple could have.
For those familiar with the Fermi Paradox, the Plandemic is starting to feel more and more to me like The Great Filter. I’m blaming Franklin, Crick and Watson – as soon as we discovered DNA, I think we were doomed as a species.
Or is it the moment that we as a species, billions of individuals, transition into being just one immense global organism made up of billions of cells under the control of a central nervous system etc, an entity that is capable of leaving this planet, ( in some form, like the adult insect is able to fly away from the remains of the food source it consumed as a larva ), and of perceiving other equally vast organisms that we could not see before, as the larval stage of the insect probably cannot imagine let alone actually see the winged adult insects in flight overhead?
The title of this piece should be:
China’s state propaganda machine tells Westerners that they’re now jabbing 3 year old children..
This tells us nothing about who they’re actually vaccinating and in what numbers.
I’ve long suspected that the CCP just makes stuff up completely. I don’t know why anyone believes a word of it. They “claimed” that the Wuhan outbreak was contained despite four million people leaving the province…
Yup – just like those alleged Chinese CCTV videos of people collapsing in public ‘with covid’. Must have been circus performers because they collapsed very convincingly – well enough to panic gullible western politicians.
This ^^^^
Very astute comment!
It only ends when we so no more!
I’ve been saying no more since March 2020
The only reason China is promoting a Vax for 3 year olds is so that the rest of the world will follow its example. However, where the Chinese Sino Vax is traditionally made and contains the dead or inactive virus or portions thereof, it is not an Adeno or Mrna Vax. So while China administers its likely ineffective Vax, it is not potentially exposing its whole population to what may be the disastrous long term consequences of the Adeno or Mrna Vaxes.
The Chinese play Go while the rest of the world play Checkers.
“the Chinese Sino Vax is traditionally made and contains the dead or inactive virus”
A very clever trick for a virus that doesn’t actually exist.
Are they to be vaccinated with the vaccine that is not a vaccine?
Is it true that the injection they’re using over there is more like a traditional vaccine? Not available here? So we have to have a different one?
We can’t let them have a nuclear/mine shaft/jab gap! Quick, rollout to the babies!
Dr Strangelove seemed sane compared to this mess.
https://youtu.be/H3zN4-n8ZWg?t=450
China has employed lockdowns, quarantines and compulsory testing for the virus throughout the pandemic and has largely stamped out cases of local infection
That people still spout this gibberish nearly two years on is staggering.
What is also staggering is that Western liberals suddenly believe everything the Chinese tell them.
You have to have a grudging respect for the Chinese – they have truly fucked the West.
…without firing a shot.
Maybe they have been reading The Art of War.
Look around your home and see how many items you have bought with Made in China stamped on them, or with Made in China labels.
Now think – who has ‘fucked the West’? “But it was cheap!”
Not pointing the finger at you personally, but the shops are filled with plastic crap from China – even the ‘J-cloths’ in our local shop are Made in China – they are crap, which is why I won’t buy them, but many do (and are disappointed).
Even more of the same to come, all linked to the 4th Industrial Revolution:
https://blog.sinorbis.com/made-in-china-2025
Well, yes, indeed. One has to recognise they have played a blinder. As totalitarians go, they are sadly better at it than some of their recent contemporaries like the Soviet Union and the various European fascist/Nazi states. They realise the need for bread and circuses and they deliver it. They will outlast all of us here on this forum I fear.
Can we stop pretending this has anything to do with a virus? They’re injecting children because they want to inject children, and they won’t stop at 3 yr olds either. New-borns are next target.
That epidural they are offering you might contain more than just a nerve block.
Latest blog from Dr David Grimes
http://www.drdavidgrimes.com/2021/10/covid-19-vitamin-d-2020-2021-nature-and.html
Excellent as usual.
“China has a history of female infanticide spanning 2,000 years”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_infanticide_in_China
‘Vaccinating’ them makes a change from just killing them.
If true hopefully this will lead to the eradication, or at least severe reduction of the chinese population.
Nah: it’s the politicians who need to be terminated (as is true almost everywhere else)!
I think the Chinese are actively trying to increase their population at present. I think I remember reading that, unlike the old days where they limited families to one, then two, they are encouraging parents to have three children.
That was the first thought that crossed my mind when i read the headline.
The Chinese ‘vaccines’ can’t be too bad. They’re going to need those 3 year old’s to be soldiers of the future, to achieve world domination by force or other means.
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Excellent UK Column news today if anyone hasn’t seen it yet https://www.ukcolumn.org/
China can say they are vaccinating which can be true or false, but because China are now saying they are vaccinating infants all the useful idiots elsewhere will demand their own infants are vaccinated. All through this China has driven the response simply by showing dramatic imagery of lockdowns and people falling down ‘dead’ and then saying ‘success’. Last year a Chinese doctor shared a conference with Dr ‘Gain of Function’ Fauci, in China and warned countries not to open up until everyone has been vaccinated, which may take until 2023. This doctor went on to say natural immunity won’t work because it is unscientific and inhuman. For context, China is the country where the Tiananmen Square massacre took place, where the Uyghurs are being persecuted.
So – sacrifice the children for the sake of the world’s perception of the Olympics. Sick. Though I daresay this might just be what they’re SAYING and not DOING – why would they waste money on peasants, after all?