Transgendered Athlete Vies for Spot on Olympic Team

Yahoo ^ | 5/21/2012 | Sarah B. Weir

[Former Fetus]

Keelin Godsey, 28, was born a woman but identifies as a man. The 5'9", 186-pound hammer thrower is competing in the women's Olympic trials today in Eugene, Oregon; if he makes it onto the team, he'll be the first transgendered American athlete to go to the Olympic games. "I take a lot of pride in the fact that I have a good amount of muscle mass, and I've done it naturally," Godsey told Sports Illustrated. "But in some ways, this is the last body I would ever want."

Godsey grew up as "Kelly," in Parker, Colorado, and excelled in basketball, softball, soccer, and track.

[hattend]

The East Germans got away with bearded women for years.

[a fool in paradise]

if he makes it onto the team, he'll be the first transgendered American athlete to go to the Olympic games.

The Soviets did this already.

[a fool in paradise]

If she considered herself retarded, could she compete in the Special Olympics?

[Slings and Arrows]

Yep, the Press “sisters.”

[Former Fetus]

I said "were"!

[TurboZamboni]

[LadyDoc]

it’s the hormones that should disqualify her/him. To become a “man” you have to inject huge amounts of male hormones in the person.

The Russians used to place these women full of male hormones into their teams: that’s why they now rely on DNA tests and drug screens.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

There are younger women who don’t menstruate either,for whatever reason.

I have a technical mathmatics book that my grandfather used when he worked at G.E.; There was something about ‘mensuration’,whch I believe has to do with measurement. At first I thought it said “menstruation”,LOL.

I was like,”what the hell?”