FanMAIL: Caster Semenya’s mother provides proof that she is a girl

The biological mother of 18-year-old 800 meter world champion, South African Caster Semenya, has come forward with a copy of a birth certificate to prove she gave birth to a daughter on January 7, 1991. However, some still express doubt and gender tests are still being processed by a team of experts to determine if Caster should be allowed to keep the gold medal she won in Berlin.

Caster drew the attention of the world governing body for track & field sports, IAAF after she improved on her personal best 800 meter time by 11 seconds in less than 6 months. The IAAF ordered South African officials to conduct genetic testing on Caster after they viewed video and photos of her masculine physique, but S. Africa refused. The testing was begun when Caster arrived in Berlin to compete in the World Athletics Championships last week.

Caster is flat chested with a small, narrow pelvis (characteristic of males), a sculpted physique with well-defined muscle tone, facial hair and a deep voice.

Obviously, Caster was able to pass the physical exam portion of the tests which shows she has female genitalia. But the head of the IAAF seemed to indicate that genetic testing results shows Caster is a medical anomaly — a human being born with male chromosomes (XY) but with female genitalia, or a genetic male whose male genitalia failed to develop. In either case, Caster would not be considered a cheat and she would be allowed to compete with women in future track meets.

Thanks to loyal reader Nigel for the video link!

melinla

I wonder if she knew about the abnormality before the test results?
iscream

Sleepaway camp I tell you.
flyqtnva

so r they saying she was born a hermaphrodite?
flyqtnva

@iscream
what’s sleepaway camp?
http://twitter.com/LaydeeJustice LadyJustice

I was reading this on yahoo earlier. her coach said when she found out people were calling her a man she broke down and cried how sad.

but umm…. all the other girls had on the bikini bottoms and she had on the male shorts… im just sayin
Daisy

I feel bad for her she can’t help that’s how God made her bless her heart
https://sandrarose.com Sandra Rose

flyqtnva Says:
so r they saying she was born a hermaphrodite?

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A hermaphrodite is born with both male and female genitalia present. If that was the case with Caster she would not have passed the physical exam. So she’s not a hermaphrodite. She’s most likely a genetic male with XY chromosomes who was born with a vagina and internal testicles that never descended. In other words, all humans start out as females. In boys, the vagina (clitoris) descends into a penis and the ovaries descends as testicles. In Caster’s case, the signals got crossed and her vagina never developed into a penis and she probably does not have a uterus or ovaries. I’m speculating here.
Shauny

Daisy I’m with you. Everytime I read this story I just feel so bad for her and how she must feel hearing the things people say about her. Male or female she’s still a child.

Those German and Ukranian athletes have been looking like that for as long as I can remember. I wonder if they were ever tested.
https://sandrarose.com Sandra Rose

The people in her village who grew up with her say she lived her life as a boy. She doesn’t like boys, she was the first girl to play on the soccer team. She wore the boy’s uniform (shirt and pants) to school instead of the girls uniform. The head master of the school said he didn’t know she was a girl until the 11th grade. She has enough male hormones in her blood for two men. And it’s obvious that she has secondary male sex characteristics. So the IAAF was correct in asking for gender tests to be conducted.
melinla

Did they have to publish the results of the tests? Couldn’t they have just said “She’s a female – it over” I feel bad for her too…she is just doing what she does best – RUNNIN’
iscream

@ Fly
Sleepaway camp is a seris of 80’s movies of a child who lost parents and aunt turns him to a girl and he goes on a killing spree at camp..

@ Sandra WOW! That’s some freaky stuff you just said. But I read different.. From NB site.. These are quotes.

Meanwhile Caster’s mother is adamant that her child is 100% woman :

“”I am not even worried about that because I know who and what my child is. Mokgadi Caster is a girl and no one can change that,” she said. If you go at my home village and ask any of my neighbours, they would tell you that Mokgadi is a girl. They know because they helped raise her. I am not concerned about such things. She called me after the heats and told me that they think she’s a man. What can I do when they call her a man, when she’s really not a man? It is God who made her look that way.

Her coach tells the local news :

We understand that people will ask questions because she looks like a man. But I can give you the telephone numbers of her room-mates in Berlin. They have already seen she has nothing to hide.
SunnyPA

Isn’t it a good thing that she found out why she looks and has male tendencies?!?!? Rather than, just being called the names I’m sure she heard before IAAF testing.

She’s now free to go whichever way she wants.

I know I’ve seen an episode of “House, MD” like this. The little girl got a rear disease and they found out she was a boy. Oh , well.
https://sandrarose.com Sandra Rose

@ iscream:

Her mother wouldn’t know if she was a male inside unless she ran her own gender tests. The IAAF thinks she was born with female genitalia but inside she’s a boy with male chromosomes (XY) and testicles that did not descend. Unless her mother performed surgery on her she would think she gave birth to a girl.
https://sandrarose.com Sandra Rose

SunnyPA Says:
Isn’t it a good thing that she found out why she looks and has male tendencies?!?!? Rather than, just being called the names I’m sure she heard before IAAF testing.

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I agree. i don’t know why Caster was crying in response to people’s reactions. She walks, talks and acts just like a dude. She lived her entire life like a boy. How did she expect people to react? I could see if she lived her life like a girl, wearing dresses and heels. But she wears men’s clothes, has facial hair, carries herself like a dude and has the hardest strut of any dude I’ve ever seen!
http://myspace.com/katgirl33 katgirl33

Dang Auntie, for real?!?!

Whoa! She does look manly…..
http://twitter.com/LaydeeJustice LadyJustice

sandra how u know she has facial hair?? do u have other pics that u didnt post?
iscream

I posted that in regards to what you said about her living her life as a boy until the 11th grade. According to her mother she has always lived the life of a girl.

I don’t get how people in other countries are born with two heads, two face, now this. Is it they don’t get the right prenatal care? I always felt that Homosexual people were the way they were because of their chromosome count being off a bit. So a gay male may have more female chrom’s then he is really suppose to have.

I find this story amazing. This deserves a Lifetime movie.
SunnyPA

iscream Says:
I always felt that Homosexual people were the way they were because of their chromosome count being off a bit. So a gay male may have more female chrom’s then he is really suppose to have.
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That’s how I feel too. I don’t think homosexuality is a lifestyle choice. I think it’s human nature. I know too many gays who tried not to be (back in the day).
jazi65

It’s bad enough when ppl are called out as cheaters but to go to this extreme about her gender is wayyyy beyond hate..
Daisy

Sandra in the words of my mama A LIE DONT CARE WHO TELLS IT AS LONG AS IT GETS TOLD! Unles you grew up in her viallge you dont know what she did or didnt do!

God Bless her and her family
Avanti

I agree that anyone would be confused if you saw her or heard her but I still feel bad for her. Like Sandra said w/o the genetic testing growing up, her external genitalia would even fool her and her family.

Sandra, she probably cried at the negative attention she received internationally! No matter how she has conducted herself before this situation, she was under the world’s radar and now at only 18, she has all eyes on her. Its hard to be put on blast.
Shauny

Sandra says
I agree. i don’t know why Caster was crying in response to people’s reactions. She walks, talks and acts just like a dude. She lived her entire life like a boy. How did she expect people to react? I could see if she lived her life like a girl, wearing dresses and heels. But she wears men’s clothes, has facial hair, carries herself like a dude and has the hardest strut of any dude I’ve ever seen!
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Can I get pictures and articles on all of this because you’ve seen/read more than I have. First you “speculated” and a few comments later you are flat out commenting as if it’s facts. Like I said most of those girls look muscular and hard. Just because she isn’t the cutest thing in the world and muscular doesn’t make her a man.

Also if she was born with a vagina doesn’t that pretty much end the story.
Avanti

Sandra, if they find that she has male chromosomes, can she take estrogen to soften her features and be a little more feminine (not that she’d want to, just wondering)? I guess I’m thinking that b/c transexual do this.
iscream

I’m sure the (ex) wrestler China *heyyy* knows how this girl feels. I remember she use to get the same flack.
Anna

I would make lemonaide out of this if I were her. I would become the poster child and speak at any event to get the word out that this has nothing to do with a preference this is what it is. I would have them laughing with me and not at me. She will be able to educate a lot of individuals who feel different, wonder how many lives she could save from ppl who commit suicide over this very issue. This does not have to be a bad thing for her at all. I am sure that she herself is glad that she now knows why she is different. She is still young and adjusting into her newly discovered “life”. I wish her the best and hope she takes advantage of public speaking or writing a book about her ordeal.
Peachizz

Enough!!!!!
KaraZ

All this girl needs is some weave & makeup. So what if she grew up a tomboy & wasn’t into boys? If she has a vagina, then she too believes she’s a girl.

As for you insensitive folks wondering why she’s crying, that child is only 18 & comes from a country where accused lesbians get raped and violence against gender confused people is commonplace; I doubt that any of you would be happy if you were delivered the same news at your age & knowing that you still will be safe. It’s a lot to handle for anyone.

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