by Roger Brigham
For all the enlightened, lofty aspirations of the Olympic Games themselves, the leadership of the International Olympic Committee continues to approach delicate gender issues with a sledge hammer and chisel.
After the New York Times reported in January its two-day panel of medical experts recommended that athletes with intersex attributes be allowed to compete only if they undergo medical "corrections" – procedures that intersex activists characterize as barbaric, invasive, and often unnecessary – Organisation Intersex International began an online petition calling on the IOC to, essentially, back off and get a clue.
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