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Out of testosterone, out of hope — trans men face second year of hormone shortage

The shortage of the version of testosterone used by state facilities and nonprofits has left transgender men in South Africa with few options

Photographer: David Paul
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Persisting: A rare silver-headed antechinus. Males do not survive for more than a year because of the frenetic breeding season. (David Paul)

‘Suicidal reproducer’ survives Australia’s wildfires

With a third of their habitat burnt, scientists feared the silver-headed antechinus had not survived

Semenya confirms she’s taking testosterone battle to European Court of Human Rights

Caster Semenya’s latest legal challenge follows a series of setbacks that seemed to have ended her chances of competing in her preferred events

South African runner Caster Semenya.  (Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

Caster to appeal CAS ruling

The Olympic gold medallist will appeal the ruling which is set to bar her from participating without artificially reducing her testosterone levels

Mail & Gaurdian

Editorial: We stand behind you, Caster

‘We have come to expect discrimination from world athletics bodies. Witness the ongoing battle to force Caster Semenya off the track’

Semenya: CAS decision will not hold me back

Semenya: CAS decision will not hold me back

Caster Semenya says she is undeterred by the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to reject her case against the IAAF.

Semenya ‘made to suffer’, says Indian gender-row sprinter

Indian gender-row sprinter Dutee Chand on Thursday said Caster Semenya’s court defeat over testosterone rules was ‘wrong’

Caster Semenya. (Ronny Hartmann/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Semenya: CAS decision will not hold me back

The double Olympic gold medalist has spoken out after the Court of Arbitration for Sport turned down her appeal

Caster Semenya (C)is in Switzerland this week to appeal new testosterone regulations that the IAAF attempted to put in place in April last year. (Getty)

Meet the experts who will determine Semenya’s fate

We take a look at some of the experts who will be called up in Caster Semenya’s case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Caster Semenya may well have run out of legal options after latest loss in Swiss tribunal
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Semenya’s lawyers slam IAAF for ‘confidentiality breach’

Earlier on Monday, the IAAF published on its website the names of those who it hopes will justify the need for the new rules in female competition

It’s a potentially devastating verdict for the double Olympic gold medal athlete who will now have to artificially reduce her testosterone levels should she wish to continue competing in her favoured events. (Reuters()

Navaratilova backs Semenya ahead of IAAF gender rule hearing

The tennis great has come to the defence of champion Caster Semenya ahead of next week’s landmark hearing

Semenya’s legal team will ask the CAS to declare the new rules as discriminatory.

Caster Semenya to challenge ‘discriminatory’ IAAF testosterone rule

In April, the athletics body introduced new “eligibility regulations for female classification” that restricted the testosterone levels

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announcing the indictments.

It’s not just a woman thing

Postpartum depression in men is real and it may be linked to testosterone levels

Fancy some more T, vicar?

Testosterone may well help with male aging issues – if you don’t mind the moobs.

Moving men into the driver’s seat to better health

Most men won’t hesitate to take tender loving care of a car, yet many men fail to show that same attention to detail when it comes to their health.

Former warders Pule Moholo

Big is not better: the cost of steroids

The pressure for men to be “big” is growing globally, says Cape Town personal trainer and coach James Kaiser.

Exercise.

Testosterone: good or bad?

Type the word “testosterone” into your search engine and you’ll find yourself plunging straight into an underworld of startling chauvinism.

‘Manopause’ exists — but is rare

‘Manopause’ exists — but is rare

The inevitable reduction of testosterone could initiate andropause.