‘But she’s not even trans!’: A rhetorical analysis of ‘liberal feminist’ defences of Imane Khelif amid Olympic transvestigations
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Published online on September 08, 2025
Abstract
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Volume 61, Issue 4, Page 1044-1058, June 2026.
In the explosion of discourse across the political spectrum amidst Imane Khelif’s Paris Olympics performance, little academic attention has been paid to the subtle anti-trans and anti-Arab rhetoric posed by supporters of Khelif in defence of her success. ...
In the explosion of discourse across the political spectrum amidst Imane Khelif’s Paris Olympics performance, little academic attention has been paid to the subtle anti-trans and anti-Arab rhetoric posed by supporters of Khelif in defence of her success. ...