Monthly Archive for October, 2007

Kristen Worley and Santi Soundarajan have never met. They live continents-apart, Worley in North America, Santhi in India.

But Worley, according to a report in Gaywired, a netzine supporting the cause of gays, is fighting for the cause of Santhi and other victims of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS), which results in the external physical characteristics typically associated with women despite having XY chromosomes, and wants the Indian athlete to get her Asian Games silver medal back.
Published – October 2007
Hindustan Times – Full Article

Kristen Worley and Santhi Soundarajan have never met. But Canadian transsexual cyclist Worley, according to gaywired.com, a netzine supporting the cause of gays, is fighting the cause of the Indian athlete and other victims of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS).

Worley, a Beijing Olympics hopeful — accepted as a member of the Canadian team despite a sex change from male to female — wants Santhi, stripped of her Doha Asian Games 800m silver medal after failing a gender test, to get the medal back. Santhi allegedly attempted suicide last month.

Worley has taken up Santhi’s cause with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge
Published – October 2007
http://www.hindustantimes.in/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=5bd858a6-7dd8-46a9-8eaf-5ee42b0288c0

Ten months after a private matter was blown into the public domain and Santhi Sounderajan lost her silver medal from the Doha Asian Games, a canadian cyclist is campaigning for the medal to be returned to the athlete.

Sounderajan had failed a gender test in the December games but says it is the result of a gender policy gone terribly wrong.

The Indian Olympic Association and the Olympic Council of Asia for their part, had washed their hands off the issue once Santhi’s medal was taken away.
Published – October 2007
NDTV Media – Full Article

Kristen Worley is on a mission. The Canadian cyclist is determined to make it to the 2008 Olympics, but that’s not what’s first on her mind. The transitioned athlete—the term she prefers over transsexual—is on a mission to prevent a repeat of what happened to Shanti Soundarajan.

A runner from India who won a silver medal in the women’s 800 meters at the 2006 Asian Games, Soundarajan garnered international scrutiny when she “failed” a gender test and was stripped of her medal. Three weeks ago, the 26 year old ended up in a coma after she attempted suicide.
Published – October 2007
http://www.gaywired.com/article.cfm?section=97&id=16905