Ambiguous Genitalia: Stop Gender Assignment
An article by Deborah E. Brown, Director Intersex Support Group International, urging parents to avoid early invasive treatments.
Astraea: Genital Surgery Controversy
Text of a New York Times article examining the legal issue of gender assignment surgery and comparing the practice to female genital mutilation.
Genital Plastic Surgery
An article examining the nature vs. nuture argument that encourages parents to make an informed decision about whether or not to consent to surgery.
Genital Surgery On Intersexed Children
A letter from Cheryl Chase, Executive Director, Intersex Society of North America to a judge in Colombia, South America expressing the opinion that choices involving sexual identit…
Sexual Scientists Question Medical Treatment of Hermaphroditism
Summary of a symposium titled "Genitals, Identity, and Gender," at the 1995 convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex.
Surgery for Intersex
Article from the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine examining the sex of rearing, the long term outcomes of feminization, and the patient's view. Includes references.
The True Story of John/Joan
Story of an anonymous baby boy who was turned into a girl by doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1967 after the boy's penis was burned by an electro-cautery needle during circumci…
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