Community Conversation => Intersex talk => Topic started by: Randi on April 12, 2014, 11:12:52 AM Return to Full Version
Title: NY Times Article on Intersex Athletes
Post by: Randi on April 12, 2014, 11:12:52 AM
Post by: Randi on April 12, 2014, 11:12:52 AM
I find this shocking!
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/11/opinion/the-trouble-with-too-much-t.html
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Since the athletes were all born as girls but also had internal testes that produce unusually high levels of testosterone for a woman, doctors proposed removing the women's gonads and partially removing their clitorises. All four agreed to undergo both procedures; a year later, they were allowed to return to competition.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/11/opinion/the-trouble-with-too-much-t.html
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Since the athletes were all born as girls but also had internal testes that produce unusually high levels of testosterone for a woman, doctors proposed removing the women's gonads and partially removing their clitorises. All four agreed to undergo both procedures; a year later, they were allowed to return to competition.
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