Let’s not forget that any athletic organization takes notice when an athlete, of any sex or gender, comes out of nowhere to not only win convincingly but set records. She bettered the 800-meter world record by 2.5 seconds. That’s a sign something about her is different. They had little choice then and after serveral athletes complained except do thorough tests.

So far the tests indicate she wasn’t necessarily born female but some form of intersex condition which is mostly but not significantly male. Should she be allowed to compete with women? Yes, if she follows the same rules transgender female athletes do. Then any races she wins or records she sets is hers and recognizable.

“God made me the way I am and I accept myself. I am who I am and I’m proud of myself,” she said in an interview with South African magazine You, shortly after her record-setting race.

I hope that version is accurate.

~~Autumn~~