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Another banger from the same academic

Vanue Vancouver
Thematic Session Title Misgendering in Sports: Female Dopers, Gender Fraudulences, and Racialized Bodies
Organizer Narisa Vickers
Organizer Email narisa.vickers@outlook.com
Organizer Affiliation University of Toronto
Session Description
Imane Khelif, an Algerian Olympic gold medalist, faced immediate misgendering and harassment, fueled by deliberate
misinformation designed to discredit her victory. This session critically examines the faulty sex science often used to
regulate athletes, which relies on oversimplified and biologically reductive measures of sex. Rather than an objective
biological fact, sex—like gender—is socially constructed, shifting throughout history depending on racialized and
colonial anxieties surrounding the body. These flawed frameworks are disproportionately weaponized against athletes
of color, reinforcing colonialist and racist narratives. Through critical discourse analysis, this session situates Khelif’s
case within North American and Algerian histories of colonialism and transphobia, highlighting how these histories
shape the weaponization of gender fraud allegations. Grounded in Black transgender feminist theory and decolonial
queer of color critique, this session equips scholars with tools to challenge harmful misinformation and advocate for
equitable athlete evaluation standards.