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The (Unofficial) Caster Semenya Results Are In: The Sports World Is Ignorant and Sexist
Posted on Sep 15, 2009, Source: The Nation
Caster Semenya's unofficial results illuminate the intensity of a culture obsessed with short-sighted definitions.
Stop the Humiliating 'Sex-Testing' of Champion Runner Caster Semenya
Posted on Aug 22, 2009, Source: The Nation
South African runner Caster Semenya shouldn't be the one humiliated by "gender testing"-- it's the outdated views of athletic officials that are embarrassing.
Why Prop 8 Passed in California: The Myth of the Black/Gay Divide
Posted on Nov 18, 2008, Source: CounterPunch
Institutionalized homophobia in American society is definitely a white monopoly.