This video provides a real life example of how parents of intersexual children are bullied by doctors who go so far as to perform genital mutilation without parental consent.
Katie (and her mom), Hida, Lynnell (Steve) talk about growing up Intersex. Plus Dr. Alice Dreger clarifies categories, Jeffrey Eugenides on the book Middlesex.
Documentary video.
Educational video. This video tape is addressed to medical and mental health professionals, but is quite accessible to a lay audience as well. 20 minutes.
2000 documentary. A look at the hormonal and genetic causes of ambiguous or combined genitalia, the procedures used to "correct" the conditions and the lives of those affected as they grow up and learn what happened to them as babies. Nominated for a GLAAD award for Outstanding TV Journalism.
1997 documentary. 30 minutes.
Published in Rolling Stone magazine. 1998.
Available online or in PDF format. 1997.
Teaching Intersex Issues is designed for undergraduate classes and offers instructors a two-week unit on intersex issues in a format that can easily be added to existing syllabi, expanded to constitute an entire course, or trimmed down to a few class sessions.
2000 documentary. An intimate portrait of two individuals, Kristi and Howard, born "not wholly male and not wholly female. 13 minutes. Not Rated. Available on-line in its entirety.
A tale of sex, science, and abuse
Available online, in PDF format, or in printed form. 2006.
Available online, in PDF format, or in printed form. 2006.
Born somewhere between male and female, intersex people face unique gender identity issues, especially if “normalizing” surgeries were imposed on them at a young age.
Intersexuals
