Desexualising the mind: 1 – Being [t]here
Zanele Muholi speaks on the sexualised gaze perpetuated on Black women’s bodies from [Sara] Saartjie Baartman, Caster Semenya to Zanele’s own Queer body. She asks ” What does it mean to have Black bodies in foreign spaces and how those…
Caster Semenya: sports and sexuality
As I read the shocking news that Caster Semenya was subjected to gender tests even before she left South Africa for the Atheltics World Cup, I wonder if she was even told what the tests were for? The lies, the…
Semenya’s case – an ugly show of gender prejudice
Julius K Kaggwa, Ugandan intersex activist comments on Caster Semenya I have been following the story of Semenya and the controversy that has arisen from her outstanding achievement at the world games simply because her athletic ability and appearance are…
Gender Terrorism: We are all Sara Baartman
The IAAF’s decision to force Caster Semenya to undergo a “gender verification test” is an example of erroneous spectacle based on binary fixations which feed into the misappropriation of a person’s actual gender identity. This should not be used as…
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