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After Being Misgendered At A Recent Press Conference, Female Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Urged People To Stop “Bullying” As She Addressed The Anti-Trans “Media Frenzy”


The Algerian female boxer, who has faced heaps of false, anti-trans speculation around her gender over the past week, was recently misgendered by the president of the International Boxing Association during a press conference.

Many of these people based their claims on the fact that Imane was disqualified from the women's world championship last year after she failed to meet the International Boxing Association’s* gender eligibility criteria, per the Associated Press. What’s more, Imane has been very vocal about what it was like partaking in boxing as a young girl from a rural village in Tiaret, Algeria. She told UNICEF earlier this year, “I particularly want to inspire girls and children who are disadvantaged in Algeria.”

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