EssenceOfThought | Colonial Experimentation Paved the Way for Transphobia at the Olympics @EssenceOfThought | Uploaded 2 months ago | Updated 2 hours ago
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This video was recorded on the 20th of July and the thumbnail has been updated in light of recent events surrounding Imane Khelif and Lin Yu‑ting due to the video's highly relevant content.

Today’s video breaks down the fact that much of the anti-trans rhetoric in sports is firmly rooted in colonial violence, including (according to multiple sources), human experimentation on non-consenting Black women as recently as 2012.

Hi, welcome to Essence of Thought with me, Ethel Thurston, as your host.

[Script & References]
docs.google.com/document/d/1wqPft8QZXTFnjaD4OAiECYjzpOhExcd2LwR3uh_13SE/edit?usp=sharing

[Chapters]
00:00 - Intro & Content Warning
03:24 - Women of Colour as a New Target
09:48 - The Apparent Trans & Intersex Advantage in Sports
23:18 Why the Discussion Became So Toxic
27:36 - Santhi Soundarajan
31:11 - Dutee Chand
33:17 - The (Lack of) Science to Support the WA & IOC
39:03 - Caster Semenya
42:47 - Annet Negesa, ‘Lara’, & Colonial Experimentation
56:36 - Ahab Puts Down the Harpoon
59:23 - Trans Participation in Sports


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