We wo n’t tolerate the treatment of our fellow humans like this.
After a pair of boxer reportedly carrying XY chromosomes competed as women, the associate director of Elon University’s Gender and LGBTQIA Center claims the International Olympic Committee needs to “preserve” LGBTQ+ sports ‘ right.
Imane Khelif from Algeria and Lin Yu-ting from Taiwan both won gold medals in their respective units despite the International Boxing Association claiming that the two tested positive for XY — man genes.
In instances like Khelif’s and Yu-ting’s, Becca Bishopric Patterson recently told the Elon News Network that “oversight boards actually have a huge role to play,” and that citizens “need to move up and say,” We’re not going to help our fellow humans to be treated like this.”
Bishopric Patterson ( pictured ), a “diversity educator and development specialist” who “facilitates ] growth and engages ] with others in compassionate action to forge effective and authentic connections vital for equitable and sustainable change,” claims that the source of the boxing controversy is “people not wanting to accept others who are different from them.”
” Gender and sex are more difficult than the average person realizes,” according to Bishopric Patterson,” and I think we get stuck when folks lean into the fear of the unknown and think,” Oh, well, I’ve rarely interacted with someone that holds this personality.”
” It’s all around how our genetic code is expressed in our bodies”, Bishopric Patterson said. Therefore, if one of those five features is different from what we consider to be male and female, they may be able to be identified as trans.
While it remains unknown if Khelif and Yu-ting qualify as “intersex”, Bishopric Patterson said this identity” challenges]people’s ] worldview” that there are more than just “men” and “women”.
” [D] iversity is often a strength and hopefully people will be able to see that instead of jumping on crazes of hate,” she said.
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