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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No British government, as we head into totalitarianism, is ever going to get rid of the state propaganda service.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jul/12/keir-starmer-commits-to-keeping-bbc-licence-fee-after-years-of-tory-hostility
Doctors Want Covid Jab Suspension – latest leaflet to print at home and deliver to neighbours or forward to politicians, your new MP, your local vicar, online media and friends online. We have over 200 leaflet ideas on the link on the leaflet.
Looks like Dr Malcolm Kendrick mostly won his case against the Daily Mail over statins-
https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2024/07/11/a-little-more-on-the-trial/
Well cardiovascular disease has always been with us, I suppose, and has various causes, but it would seem demand for cardiac care is outstripping supply. So with regards to this record high number of people awaiting treatment, I’m baffled;
”Brits are being warned to look out for symptoms of a deadly disease, as the number of people awaiting heart care in England rose to a record high. The latest NHS figures show cardiac waiting lists rose to 421,433 at the end of May 2024.
This is an increase of 2,394 on the month before and the highest total on record. Since May 2022, the heart care waiting list in England has grown by nearly 100,000 people when the waiting list was at 327,258 – an increase of 29 percent.
This has been branded “frightening” by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), which is calling for the Government to prioritise cardiovascular disease treatment. Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan, BHF associate medical director and consultant cardiologist, said: “I find it frightening that long waits for time-critical heart care are putting people at risk of life-long disabling heart failure or death.
“That’s why it’s so disheartening to see the latest figures continue to show the worst access to vital, timely heart care in living memory. We cannot and must not get used to these unacceptable figures showing too many heart patients waiting too long.
“Getting to grips with this cardiovascular disease crisis and getting back to gold standard heart disease prevention, early diagnosis and treatment must be a priority for our new Government if they want to avert yet more avoidable heartbreak and loss of life.”
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/health/heart-disease-10-symptoms-9407051
The BHF are a fake charidee. It wholly supported the Scamdemic, masks, lockdowns, the works. An absolute bloody disgrace.
I saw a vid clip of Dr Malhotra admitting that he is also ”vaccine injured” the other day. That’s all he said on the matter, but he may have elaborated further in a different part of the interview, I didn’t watch the full thing. Because of his profession, and how he works in the private sector now, he could’ve ran various tests on himself in order to find any abnormalities, or perhaps he presented with clinical symptoms, not sure which. Maybe someone else on here has more deets…But going by various studies that’ve been done now, there’s an awful lot of people wandering around with subclinical heart damage and they’re completely unaware. So does this essentially make them ticking time-bombs, and we’re seeing the results of the mass jabathon experiment in the stories we read and the increase in stats, such as the ones mentioned above, and the excess deaths, of course? Then there’s the cancers that’ve increased, etc. The trend seems to be getting worse not better. But I think all of this has been obvious to we on here for a long while now. Props to Dr M for confiding this information about himself though, and continuing his fight to expose the serious damages done to us in the name of ( laughably ) ‘public health’.
Thanks Mogs
“calling for the Government to prioritise cardiovascular disease treatment”
Of course they are as that will provide greater research funding opportunities for the BHF.
Haha, see how the leftards kick off when you blaspheme against the Alphabet People cult.
But somebody ought to remind this awesome, truth-telling lady ( with the gorgeous hair. I’ll take this screenshot to my hairdresser ) that women’s secret weapon is that they were born hermaphrodite, thereby it is exclusively down to them if they produce babies or not. No requirement for the cooperation of a willing male whatsoever, therefore the decreasing birthrates are down to them and them only….Which is the ‘logic’ of the resident women-haters. Well, I think we all know you can’t reason with stupid, delusional people who are fueled by their innate bitterness by now.
”Slovakia’s minister for culture blamed the LGBT movement for Europe’s plummeting birth rates, arousing the ire of left-leaning ideologues.
During a July 3 interview with Slovak tabloid Topky.sk, Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová blamed LGBT ideologies for Europe’s dropping fertility rates.
“We heterosexuals are creating the future because we make babies. Europe is dying out, babies are not being born, because of the excessive number of LGBTQ+ (people). And the strange thing is (that it’s happening) with the white race,” the minister said in comments cited by left-liberal news outlet Politico.
“We are living in an amoral era,” Šimkovičová elaborated.
In response to Šimkovičová’s July 3 comments, Peter Weisenbacher, director of the Bratislava-based Human Rights Institute, lodged a criminal complaint with the general prosecutor’s office against the minister, alleging that her remarks were racist and anti-Semitic.
In another interview, the minister admitted that “we are a sick society.”
In January, Šimkovičová revealed that the country’s culture ministry would cease financing LGBT projects.
“The LGBTI+ organizations (…) will no longer parasitize on the money from the culture department. I will certainly not allow it under my leadership,” Šimkovičová wrote on Facebook.
She added that she “rejects progressive normalization” and that her plans are for “a return to normality.”
Besides her anti-LGBT views, Šimkovičová has been noted for her tough stance on immigration, much to the chagrin of the globalist elites in the European Union (EU) and their ideological allies. To address the issue of Slovakia’s falling population, the EU elites have suggested bringing in migrants instead of encouraging Slovak families to have children.”
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/slovak-culture-minister-triggers-leftists-by-blaming-lgbt-ideology-for-low-birth-rates/?utm_source=most_recent&utm_campaign=catholic
” No requirement for the cooperation of a willing male”
a ‘willy’ed male!
Agree about the hair, gorgeous
and agree with her veiws, not saying its the whole cause, but this celebration of non proliferation certainly doesn’t help the matter
Yeah she speaks as she finds, and speaks perfect truth, as far as I’m concerned. So if stating inconvenient facts ruffles the Leftards’ feathers and upsets their snowflake-like sensibilities then more power to her elbow. She’s over the target.
U.K. hasn’t allowed Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia, MoD clarifies
Order, counter order, disorder. Welcome to your new government.
This one seems to be run by the Grand Old Duke of York. The only difference is that ten thousand men might be a bit of a stretch these days…….
What”s really going on?
Topical because, apparently, it’s not just Britain that is a bit short of troops.
The Russian military is redeploying wounded soldiers to frontline combat in the Kharkiv direction.
Social media images show soldiers from the 26th Tank Regiment, located northwest of Vovchansk, visibly injured, in casts, and on crutches, being sent to the front lines despite still undergoing medical treatment.
Remind me, who was the last ‘admired political operator’ who did this to his soldiers?
Oh yes, it was Saddam Hussein.
Whatever happened to him?
‘Nota bene’
Hussein was the Western governments kind of leader, then he wasn’t. Similar to Vladimir Putin but dealing with Putin in the same way isn’t so easy.
Zelensky is currently the Western governments kind of leader – ‘nota bene’.
“Half of Cabinet accused of house-building ‘hypocrisy”
And we’re do they stand on wind turbines?
Is Ed going to have a dozen of them around his house?
He’s declaring war on nimby’s let’s not forget!
I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s hypocrisy to represent the interests of the people whom you were elected to represent.
“How the White House hid the truth about Biden’s decline from the world”
They just denied it, they couldn’t hide it,
It was plain for anyone with eyes to see!
“James Cleverly leads race to replace Rishi Sunak, poll suggests”
James Cleverly? OMG! Is that the best they’ve got? Jumping jehoshaphat, Cleverly by name but certainly not by nature!
“It won’t be long before the Muslim Vote poses a real challenge to Labour”
It won’t be long before the Muslim Vote poses a real challenge to
LabourBritain!
I have been posting about this for some months now. Perhaps Frank Haviland has been reading DS.
Highly likely Hux
This presupposes that voting will produce a government representing the population rather than other interests. This seems contrary to reality no matter how many Atheists/Muslims/Jews/Christians/Hindus get elected.
However, it’s a good way to keep people in fear and distracted for 5 years in the lead-up to the all-important 2030.
“We will stand with people staring down the outrage mob” – A joint op ed in the Australian by the leaders of the four Free Speech Unions urges people to band together to defend the most important human right of all.”
Excellent! Please print out that statement by the Four Free Speech Unions somewhere on the Daily Sceptic, so that we can all read it (access to the Australian blocked).