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“It Wasn’t Easy To Go Through At All”: Female Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Spoke Out About The Ongoing Anti-Trans “Media Frenzy”

The Algerian female boxer, who has faced heaps of false, anti-trans speculation around her gender over the past week, was recently misgendered by the president of the International Boxing Association during a press conference.

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Boxer Imane Khelif salutes with a confident expression, wearing sports attire with a flag patch on her tank top
Boxer in red, Irma Testa, raises her glove beside a referee, and the opponent in blue, Alessia Mesiano, stands with her head bowed in a boxing ring

After Imane, 25, beat Angela, also 25, in 46 seconds, the latter told the media that she’d “never felt a punch like this” before.