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For those of you who've talked to me about my studies in college or have been following this journal for a while, you'll know that I have some pretty passionate views about the treatment intersex individuals receive at the hands of modern medicine.
So imagine my pleasure that instead of another rant, I can offer you a link to an incredibly open-minded and thorough article in the New York Times on Cheryl Chase, the questionable reasoning behind surgery on intersex infants, and a landmark consensus statement recently published in Pediatrics recommending that physicians consider the whole range of sex-linked physical factors in assigning gender to an intersex infant and discourage parents from rushing into surgery.
Go read it. It's heartening to see that progress is being made.
So imagine my pleasure that instead of another rant, I can offer you a link to an incredibly open-minded and thorough article in the New York Times on Cheryl Chase, the questionable reasoning behind surgery on intersex infants, and a landmark consensus statement recently published in Pediatrics recommending that physicians consider the whole range of sex-linked physical factors in assigning gender to an intersex infant and discourage parents from rushing into surgery.
Go read it. It's heartening to see that progress is being made.