Controversy over Gender Verification Tests in Sports

This chapter explores the history and impact of chromosome tests used in sports to verify the gender of female athletes, highlighting the unfair disqualifications that occurred due to the tests' unreliability. It discusses the involvement of key figures like Prince Alexandre de Maraud and the efforts of activists and athletes in fighting against the use of these tests in sports organizations, which eventually led to changes but also revealed a comeback of sex testing in 2009.