Gender row athlete: What is intersexuality?

The case of South African athlete Caster Semenya has sparked worldwide interest following reports that she will be tested by sporting officials to determine whether she is male or female. ...the IAAF are testing to see whether Semenya has a rare genetic disorder that means she has female genitalia but male chromosomes.
Check out Intersexuality and How Sex is Determined for the genetic explanation of XY females.

The default of all human beings is female
"If you are insensitive to androgens, you will grow up looking like a girl because the default of all human beings is female. However if the body, when it's developing, is not guided into turning into a male, then it will always be female."

Caster Semenya: Intersection of Intersexuality and Eunuchs
For more than half a century it was common for doctors to carry out reversal operations, either through castration [known as castrated Eunuchs, check out Eunuchs of the Sun (Jesus on Homosexuality and the Third Gender and Eunuchs, Hijras, the Third Gender and the Bible] or constructing a new vagina, on babies whose genitals were seen as either too big or too small.

Same-Sex and Same Rights? A Global Perspective

An interesting video with a global perspective on LGBT rights. Briefly discusses the marginilization, discrimination and level of tolerance and acceptance of LGBT people throughout Asia, America, and the Middle East.

Change The World Through Social Media

Blogging, social news, peer-to-peer philanthropy, micro blogging, social networking, wikis, video sharing, and more. These are the new agents of change.
Source: Sustainablog

The source article discusses change regarding Sustainability issues. However, I thought the introduction was fitting in a more broad and general sense. The message remains true. Communication, the internet, and social networking are going to further unite and change the world.

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