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”

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. Reports claimed that this was because Imane had high testosterone levels. However, there has never been evidence of this — nor has there been evidence of Imane having XY chromosomes, as the Washington Post noted.

*The International Boxing Association was stripped of its authority by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) last year due to “its failure to complete reforms on governance, finance and ethical issues.”

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.”

After winning her match against Anna on Saturday, Imane told reporters, “I want to tell the entire world that I am a female, and I will remain a female.”

“I dedicate this medal to the world, and to all the Arabs, and I tell you, ‘Long live Algeria!’” she said.

“It was something that harms human dignity,” she said. “And this is what affected me at the end of the match.”

“They took advantage of the media campaign against me to affect me,” she said of Angela's camp.