Not quite true
if you've had sex reassignment including hormone treatmnt before puberty, you can compete as your current sex; post puberty, and you have to wait until two years post completion and then undergo a bunch of tests. I think this is more applicable to male-to-female though. The rules are there to stop people competing as women who have high levels of testosterone which gives you a natural advantage in sports. There's other rules regarding androgen insensitivity syndrome and the like (where you're born XY - a bloke - but your body doesn't respond to testosterone, so you go through puberty as a girl)

To be fair, having looked at her picture...she does look fairly ambiguous, but I hope she passes her tests.

*EDIT* and I agree with your point above - gender isn't necessarily defined by what bits and pieces you have.
(berk, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 11:40, Reply)