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Title: 'It's a baby' - the truth about intersex
Post by: Natasha on February 16, 2013, 01:24:24 AM
Post by: Natasha on February 16, 2013, 01:24:24 AM
'It's a baby' - the truth about intersex
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/its-baby-truth-about-intersex150213 (http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/its-baby-truth-about-intersex150213)
2/15/13
Anna Leach
The range of conditions that result in doctors not being able to decisively answer the question: 'is it a boy or a girl?' occur in one in 2,000 births. This statistic makes intersex more common than cerebral palsy.
It was this fact that first attracted New Zealand filmmaker Grant Lahood to the subject. 'When I heard it was one in 2,000 I was amazed,' he tells Gay Star News in an interview over Skype from Auckland. 'If you'd asked me before I would have thought it was one in millions. And then I asked myself why I didn't know any intersex people? Why they are so invisible?'
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/its-baby-truth-about-intersex150213 (http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/its-baby-truth-about-intersex150213)
2/15/13
Anna Leach
The range of conditions that result in doctors not being able to decisively answer the question: 'is it a boy or a girl?' occur in one in 2,000 births. This statistic makes intersex more common than cerebral palsy.
It was this fact that first attracted New Zealand filmmaker Grant Lahood to the subject. 'When I heard it was one in 2,000 I was amazed,' he tells Gay Star News in an interview over Skype from Auckland. 'If you'd asked me before I would have thought it was one in millions. And then I asked myself why I didn't know any intersex people? Why they are so invisible?'