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Metropole of Lyon. "Derive Wokiste" for the Rn: at the Lycée Beltrame, a Room Could Bear the Name of Imane Khelif

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Next week, a new multi-purpose hall was to be inaugurated at the Beltrame High School in Meyzieu. This hall was to be named Imane Khelif, Algerian boxer Olympic champion, accused of being a man. The extreme right-wing group UDR/RN asks the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (LR) Region to oppose this appointment and denounces a "Wokist drift". The Region claims to have taken the necessary steps to "block this operation".

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A polemic, of which the RN is at the origin and which generated a mobilization within the hemicycle, denouncing an ideological choice regarding the controversial genre of Algerian athlete. Originally, the project aimed to celebrate "an icon of perseverance" being illustrated at the Olympic Games in Paris. According to an email from the management of the institution, the choice of the sportsman came from a collegial vote, both staff and students.…

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Next week, a new multi-purpose hall was to be inaugurated at the Beltrame High School in Meyzieu. This hall was to be named Imane Khelif, Algerian boxer Olympic champion, accused of being a man. The extreme right-wing group UDR/RN asks the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (LR) Region to oppose this appointment and denounces a "Wokist drift". The Region claims to have taken the necessary steps to "block this operation".

On May 7th, the Colonel Arnaud Beltrame High School in Meyzieu planned to open its new multi-purpose room in the name of boxer Imane Khelif. The Olympic boxing champion, the young woman is the target of recurrent attacks due to her SRY gene, located on the Y chromosome, an indicator of [...] Read more Meyzieu: After the polemic, the Lycée Arnaud Beltrame rejects the inauguration of its hall Imane Khelif appeared first on Lyon Capitale.

As part of a project led by the girls-boys equality club, the establishment of the Rhône department has named an Imane Khelif room, named after the Olympic boxing champion.

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lejdd.fr broke the news on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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