In honor of Mexican boxer Brianda Tamara Cruz. celebrated the disqualification Algerian imane khelif Women’s Amateur Boxing World Championship, hearing Information that the Algerian boxer is a transgender woman spread on social media and made headlines in the national media.
Khelif was excluded from the Indian competition after being discovered high levels of testosterone in the body. Based on this fact and Tamara Cruz’s tweet, most of the Mexican media reported that Imane Khelif is allegedly a transgender person creating echo chamber.
A review of international news portals shows that this rumor He has no tangible support. In fact, Khelif herself commented in the Arabic-language media that her appearance made her a victim of derogatory comments.
“Often I was teased for my appearancebut I resisted and continued to fight no matter what,” he told the Algerian publication. Kura.
After the news of his disqualification, Khelif stated in an interview for Algerian Ennahar TV What she has high testosterone levels since birth and accused him of conspiracy.
“I have participated in many tournaments and there were no problems but when my chances of winning the gold medal got high, they came and prevented it; making excuses for it my qualifications are higher to the qualifications of other women,” she added.
On the other hand, the Algiers Olympic and Sports Committee reported on their social media that the athlete was disqualified for “Medical reasons” and noted that he will continue her preparation for the qualifying tournament in Africa, and if she wins, she will be able to pass Olympic Games 2024 in Paris.
It should be noted that in Algeria same-sex sexual relations are criminalized and they can be sentenced to up to three years’ imprisonment under article 338 of the Criminal Code.
Except, no special laws that protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
In practice, LGBT+ discrimination is prevalent in Algeria and society as a whole tends to conservative regarding sexuality and gender identity.
For the above, it cannot be said that Imane Khelif is a transgender person, because her own country doesn’t allow gender reassignment, much less she won’t promote and defend a trans woman at international sporting events.
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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