The Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Stream anytime Feb 3-9
Who is a woman and who gets to decide? That’s the ongoing debate among many sports organizations, harming especially women of color who are talented athletes. We’re excited to partner with Human Rights Watch promoting their new film “Category: Woman” which tackles what happens when international sports organizations set rules around female athletes’ bodies. Together with HRW we’ve talked about the real-world ramifications of policing women’s bodies, as sports organizations continue to block transgender and intersex individuals’ access to athletics, from schools to international competitions. For some women, this means they must medically alter their bodies in order to compete.
From HRW:
Sport has a long, insidious history of policing women’s bodies. The new documentary “Category: Woman” follows four female champion runners, whose lives and identities are devastated after it is ruled that, in order to compete, they must medically alter their healthy bodies in order to compete. When international sports organizations rule that female athletes must medically alter their healthy bodies, under the guise of “fair play”, 4 champion runners from the Global South, fight back against racism, the policing of women’s bodies in sport and the violation of their human rights.
Catch it at #HRWFFSD across the U.S. Feb 3-9
For interACT supporters: Our followers get $2 off a ticket by using the code RESIST23 at checkout.
