In the interview, her French trainer and biology professor stated that he referred her to a world class endocrinologist, who confirmed “she is indeed a woman, despite her karyotype and testosterone levels.” In other words, she’s XY and male testosterone levels. (They never made it clear what facts were relied on for the “she is indeed a woman” statement, but obviously it wasn’t her genome). The following exchange took place between the journalist and trainer/bio professor immediately after this statement about her karyotype: Some claim that XY profiles have a physical, muscular superiority over XX profiles. “People say that everyone should play sports. Everyone, except these people? Some suggest creating special categories, but even within a group of hypoandrogenic or hyperandrogenic people, there are differences among them. There is such a significant variation that categories cannot be established.” Her trainer also admitted they had to lower her testosterone levels to below male levels.
Intersex people shouldn’t be in the cisgender male competition either. If they are intersex they are in between male and female, and should have their own category for their safety.
Most probably yes. What you say is correct, but take into account that different genetic anomalies lead to intersex people with different characteristics, so that’s something that needs investigation. Surely they fit neither into male not into female categories, but furthermore they maybe not fit into a single intersex category either.
As for now though, basically for political reasons related to gender labeling, we have the current highly unfair situation.
I know that there is variation between intersex people but I feel that there wouldn’t be enough of them if they all had their own intersex categories.
The best solution would be to have one single intersex category, for the safety of the cisgender female athletes, but also for the safety of the intersex athletes.
And it’s ok if they don’t have enough competitors for all sports. Even if they were only able to hold competitions for the most popular sports, it still gives them a chance to compete.
It surely is a far better solution compared to the current approach.