Imane Khelif Finally Admits the Truth—and the Media Still Won’t Say It
What was long obvious from evidence is now confirmed by the athlete himself.
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After more than a year of obfuscation, denial, and misdirection by left-wing media, Algerian Olympic “women’s” boxer Imane Khelif has finally confirmed what was already obvious to anyone willing to look at the evidence: he has male chromosomes.
In a recent interview with the French sports outlet L’Équipe, Khelif acknowledged that he possesses the SRY gene, a gene found on the Y chromosome that initiates male sexual development in humans and other mammals.
Here is the key exchange during that interview (translated from French):
INTERVIEWER: So that we understand correctly, you have a female phenotype but have the SRY gene, an indicator of masculinity.
KHELF: Yes, and it’s natural.
That admission settles the matter.
The SRY gene—short for “sex-determining region of the Y”—is what causes a mammalian embryo to develop along the male pathway. Therefore, Khelif admitting to having the SRY gene is a direct admission of having a Y (male) chromosome.
