Canadian athlete silenced by own team

Actually it was quite a high profile story, though admittedly not as high profile as it should have been . Lynsey Sharp, who is a Uk runner, should have won the bronze medal as she came third of the natal women runners.

I believe all three on that podium have DSD? So the rules about their participation are not the same as the rules about the participation of males without DSD in women's categories?

The fact that this wasn't allowed to be discussed and athletics didn't bother actually dealing with the issue with consideration to women is obviously outrageous.

That is outrageous. They should have their medals revoked. The poor female athletes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/48157271
Lynsey Sharp who should have won bronze at Rio received death threats and was called whiny for complaining about this.

I only know about Caster Semenya (out of those three), but it's not quite as cut and dried as "clearly male" if they were recorded as female at birth and only realised they were male when older.

I do think DSDs are a more complicated case than people obviously male from birth trying to compete in women's sports.

How was this not a major news story at the time? Those three ‘winners’ are clearly male.

Partly it's just no-one could really believe that they would be letting males in to compete with women.

People want to believe that the authorities aren't that stupid, and are prepared to doubt themselves.

Which is why you still see people on every single Twitter thread insisting that Semenya isn't male. Far easier to believe that the athletics authorities are doing the right thing and people on the net are misinformed bigots than that they are letting someone with male physiology - multiple people! - win female events.

DSD male athletes have consistently been reported in the press female. Most people have no idea they are biologically male. Then you throw in accusations of racism - black women not fitting the 'white woman' mould - and people quickly shut up.

Because stunning and brave, I assume. The BBC probably reported it as a good news story - they're always keen for us to enjoy our erasure.

I'm sure Canada's CBC did (I'm Canadian) - they practically foam at the mouth in excitement to show how "progressive" they are about this stuff. Once you see the manipulation in how that they omit certain stories/information and highlight other types of stories/information...you can't unsee it.

I remember talking about this at the time and the response was it was racism. It was very, very effective at shutting down concerns.

Well, Canada, innit?

How was this not a major news story at the time? Those three ‘winners’ are clearly male. Absolutely shocking that the inclusion of males in a female competition has cost three women their rightful awards and all the kudos that would’ve gone with it.