Intersex and Medical Treatment

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Intersex and Medical Treatment
Hida Viloria
02 February, 2010


http://www.hidaviloria.com/parents.html


Note: A small percentage of intersex conditions sometimes require medical attention for immediate health reasons. (Not in my case, or most I know.) This treatment is necessary, not "corrective," and is not what I am referring to below.

People who promote "corrective" surgeries and hormone treatment for intersex children believe intersex children will grow up to be adults who fall short of social norms. However, these beliefs are purely speculation because they have never taken the time to speak with intersex adults like myself who did not undergo surgery, or to do follow-up studies on the children whose bodies they irrevocably changed. Doctors simply decided that these bodies, which nature created, are not desirable. In my personal experience, this couldn't be further from the truth.