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Title: Five Myths that Hurt Intersex People
Post by: Shana A on May 12, 2010, 09:16:51 AM
Five Myths that Hurt Intersex People
May 12, 2010

http://birdofparadox.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/five-myths-that-hurt-intersex-people/ (http://birdofparadox.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/five-myths-that-hurt-intersex-people/)

Luminis, who blogs at The Intersex Roadshow, has written a very informative post featuring an in-depth deconstruction of five all-too-common misconceptions about intersex variations and intersex people.

Recommended reading, definitely – and here's the link:

    * Myth 1: Intersex people all have intermediate genitalia
    * Myth 2: Intersex conditions are always diagnosed in infancy
    * Myth 3: All infant sex-assignment surgery is aimed at creating "female" genitalia
    * Myth 4: Intersex people should be genderqueer
    * Myth 5: "Real" intersex people are not genderqueer

original article http://intersexroadshow.blogspot.com/2010/04/five-myths-that-hurt-intersex-people.html (http://intersexroadshow.blogspot.com/2010/04/five-myths-that-hurt-intersex-people.html)
Title: Re: Five Myths that Hurt Intersex People
Post by: rejennyrated on May 12, 2010, 09:45:19 AM
Thank you so much for posting this. :) Points 1 to 3 particularly!
Title: Re: Five Myths that Hurt Intersex People
Post by: Zelane on May 12, 2010, 09:39:15 PM
Number 1 and 2 are even believed by some persons who work in the medical service >.<