Let’s talk about the two women boxers in the Olympics who are facing scrutiny of their womanhood. We’re here with @TransEquality & @glaad to bust some myths. #Paris2024 MYTH: There were women boxers in this year’s Olympics who competed without being eligible. (The @iocmedia myth-busted this one!)

“So you’re saying that trans kids are too young to consent, but intersex kids aren’t?” asked Bria Brown-King, director of engagement for the intersex rights group InterAct. “How does that make sense?”
#TransIntersexSolidarity @19thnews
19thnews.org/2023/03/bills-… More than two-thirds of the bills introduced this year that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth have specific intersex exemptions.

The discrimination faced by Caster Semenya today is another example of the intense ignorance faced by women athletes who have differences in their sex traits. Intersex women are women. Trans women are women. ALL women's bodies are different. #thread theguardian.com/sport/2019/may… Caster Semenya is a record-making South African runner. She was thrown into the spotlight for having higher than average natural testosterone levels, and traits that some critiqued as being not 'feminine' enough, as if there is one way to look like and be a woman.

Long #THREAD discussing questions:

💭 What is intersex?
💭Is ____ intersex? Preface: everyone is different, this is of course one opinion. Also, while they are common themes among intersex people, medical trauma, non-consensual surgeries, or even a diagnosis are not requirements to ID as intersex, and we don't endorse gatekeeping.