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Brittney Griner Advocates for Imane Khelif: \u201cHaving XY Chromosomes Doesn\u2019t Define Gender\u201d<\/p>\n
In a recent display of solidarity and advocacy, WNBA star Brittney Griner has voiced strong support for Imane Khelif. Griner\u2019s statement, \u201cHaving XY chromosomes doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re male,\u201d underscores a crucial point in the ongoing dialogue about gender identity and recognition. \u201cNot everyone is educated. I bet they never win in their life\u201d, WNBA star added.<\/p>\n
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Olympic Gold Medalist Boxer Imane Khelif Files Online Harassment Complaint After Gender Controversy<\/p>\n
Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer who won the\u00a0Olympic gold medal in the women\u2019s boxing 66-kilogram division, has filed a complaint over\u00a0online harassment\u00a0in Paris.<\/p>\n
During her run at the\u00a0Olympics, the 25-year-old athlete was bullied on social media after one of her opponents, Italian boxer Angela Carini, abandoned the quarter-final match 46 seconds into its start and declared she\u00a0\u201cnever felt a punch like this.\u201d Khelif was disqualified by the International Boxing Association (IBA) from last year\u2019s Women\u2019s World Championships after she failed a gender eligibility test due to elevated levels of testosterone in her system, but was born female and does not identify as transgender or intersex.<\/p>\n
However,\u00a0prominent influencers such as Logan Paul\u00a0falsely claimed that Khelif was a man (Paul later retracted his statement), while other controversial figures like\u00a0J.K. Rowling, Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Italy\u2019s prime minister Giorgia Meloni blamed the\u00a0Olympics\u00a0for allowing Khelif\u00a0to compete in the women\u2019s boxing competition.<\/p>\n
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Shortly after her victory over China\u2019s Yang Liu on Friday, Khelif filed the complaint to the national center for combating online hate which is part of Paris correctional court, her lawyer, Nabil Boudi, confirmed to\u00a0Variety.\u00a0The Paris Prosecutor\u2019s Office, which has yet to receive the complaint, is expected to proceed to an investigation.<\/p>\n
Boudi told\u00a0French newspaper Le Monde\u00a0that Khelif had been victim of online bullying and \u201cspeculation fueled by malicious individuals\u201d and pointed out \u201cthese messages were posted by important political figures\u201d and \u201cexceeded 100 million views\u201d in some cases.<\/p>\n
Khelif opened up about the ordeal during an interview with SNTV, a media outlet affiliated with the Associated Press, and said that her family was worried about her. \u201cI send a message to all the people of the world to uphold the Olympic principles and the Olympic Charter, to refrain from bullying all athletes, because this has effects, massive effects,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Khelif said bullying \u201ccan destroy people, it can kill people\u2019s thoughts, spirit and mind. It can divide people. And because of that, I ask them to refrain from bullying.\u201d She also thanked the Olympic Committee for doing her \u201cjustice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Commitee, has questioned the legitimacy of these claims and the genetic test that disqualified Khelif last year, suggesting that the controversy over her gender had been orchestrated by the IBA. The organization is led by Russian oligarchs and has been banned from the Olympics since June 2023 due to its ties to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n
Khelif is one of several people involved in these Olympics to have filed a complaint over online bullying. Opening and closing ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly, executive director Thierry Reboul, DJ Barbara Butch and famed drag queen Nicky Doll have also filed complaints.<\/p>\n
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