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Gender Confusion at the Games

by Denice Spangler Adams

Aug 01, 2024
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Watching the most uniquely spectacular Paris Opening Ceremony in Olympic viewing history, tears of joy swelled for every athlete’s accomplishments, and the pure beauty of the best of humanity uniting to ‘play to win’ for country and self.  

Over the next two weeks we will see 11,046 super star athletes compete: 5,630 males and 5,416 females. The Internat…

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