The Informer

3 May 2018

If we are competing on a fair playing field, that means accepting intersex athletes as they are, not as you want them to be. Ethics and Intersex Athletes & #tbt as Cal reflects on 35 years of VAC : 3rd May 2018

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Following the new rules announced by the IAAF last week creating a new classification for female athletes with ‘differences of sexual development’; we explore what this means for intersex athletes and the intersex population as we speak with Intersex Human Rights Australia.

These new rules specifically target athlete Caster Semenya, whose body does not fit within the “normal range”. But, most elite athletes are not within the ‘normal’ range of bodies. They all have some sort of advantage over ‘normal’. We don’t ask tall basketball players to shorten their legs, why is it okay to make any athlete take medication to lower their testosterone levels?  Does that really seem fair?

And, with the Victorian AIDS Council celebrating its’ 35^th anniversary this year, we touch base with Cal Hawk from JOY and VACs Program Well Well Well, which is looking back on the rich history of VAC, how it has influenced us, guided us, and helped us to stand up for our health on all levels and to make Victoria’s LGBTI communities stronger.

This episode of The Informer aired on JOY 94.9 and was hosted by Dean Arcuri.

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