Hi everyone,

I'm sure by now you've all heard about the sex verification debacle that South African track star Caster Semenya was forced to undergo. However, perhaps you missed the announcement by the International Olympics Committee (IOC) in late January that they plan on forcing intersex female athletes to "diagnose and treat their disorders" in order to compete. These medically unnecessary "treatments" would consist of hormone therapy and/or surgeries which would alter their physiological balance in unforeseen and potentially very damaging ways, which has been revealed by the cases of others who have experienced them.

This is discrimination at horrific, irreversible, proportions. Countless male athletes are known to possess specific physiological conditions which give them proven "advantages" over their competitors. However their advantages, unlike intersex women's, are celebrated. The reason that these women are being targeted is simply because they have been accused of being "too masculine" to compete as female. This is absurd given that they are legal females who are not doping in any way. The IOC is falsely framing their demands for "treatment" as a health issue (these women are so healthy they're become Olympic athletes, hello!) to hide the fact that this is in fact a human rights' issue guided by sexism and gender discrimination. Let's stop them in their tracks!

It takes less than a minute to read and sign my short petition to combat these protocols. The IOC is currently drafting policy, thus it is not too late to make a difference. Please don't forget to list any titles or affiliations you have as this makes the petition stronger.

Here's the link:
http://www.intersexualite.org/IOC-petition.html

With infinite love and gratitude,

Hida