Flipboard Culture Desk on Nostr: Disinformation about Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has run rife on social media. Khelif ...

Disinformation about Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has run rife on social media. Khelif is not trans. IOC spokesperson Mark Adams says she was “born female, was registered female, lived her life as a female, boxed as a female, has a female passport.” But after a fight against Italian Angela Carini in the Olympic Games, hateful comments spread across X, with such people as J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk piling on to question Khelif's gender. CNN takes a look at what's happened.

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