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Another sporting gender controversy

Submitted by mittfh on Fri, 2012/06/15 - 1:49pm

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This has to count as one of the most bizzare stories ever to come out of the world of sport:

A female Indian athlete who won a gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games appeared in court on Friday charged with raping her former lover who has alleged that she is actually a man.

Pinki Pramanik was remanded in custody for 14 days to await trial on allegations that she repeatedly raped her female live-in partner.

Source: AFP (via Yahoo)

Just a note of caution: while the article itself remains fairly neutral and even mentions a couple of intersex conditions at the end, the comments are far from neutral, with most jumping to negative conclusions.

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