IOC – Trans & Intersex History Africa — Digital Archive https://transintersexhistory.africa African Trans, gender diverse and intersex historical moments through the eyes and voices of activists Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:28:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://transintersexhistory.africa/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cropped-cropped-TIHA-Logo_Black_1-32x32.png IOC – Trans & Intersex History Africa — Digital Archive https://transintersexhistory.africa 32 32 April 2011 — IAAF Passes New Policy on Gender Verification https://transintersexhistory.africa/iaaf-passes-new-policy-on-gender-verification/ Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:44:00 +0000 https://transintersexhistory.africa/?p=2145 In April 2011 the events of Caster Semenya’s gender verification spiralled into an international debate about intersex* conditions and gender, resulting in the IAAF passing a new policy on gender verification, making the tests more specific to suspected cases of ‘hyperandrogenism’ in elite female athletes. The IAAF (International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations, now known as World Athletics) and the International Olympics Committee (IOC) reviewed its regulations and policies, particularly the sections on routine gender verifications for all female athletes. 

The media spectacle created by Caster Semenya’s gender verification sparked more discussion and led to greater awareness and visibility of intersex and gender non-conformity issues all over the world. This debate and the increasing global awareness of gender and sex variance is still ongoing.

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