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Watch Georgiann Davis in National Geographic's Gender Revolution documentary with Katie CouricA personal, compelling perspective on how medical diagnoses can profoundly hurt, or help, the lived experiences of entire communitiesWinner, 2017 Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award, presented by the American Sociological Association Winner, 2016 Donald Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology, presented by the American Sociological AssociationWhen sociologist Georgiann Davis was a teenager, her doctors discovered that she possessed XY chromosomes, marking her as intersex. Rather than share this information with her, they withheld the diagnosis in order to “protect” the development of her gender identity; it was years before Davis would see her own medical records as an adult and learn the truth. Davis’ experience is not unusual. Many intersex people feel isolated from one another and violated by medical practices that support conventional notions of the male/female sex binary which have historically led to secrecy and shame about being intersex. Yet, the rise of intersex activism and visibility in the US has called into question the practice of classifying intersex as an abnormality, rather than as a mere biological variation. This shift in thinking has the potential to transform entrenched intersex medical treatment.In Contesting Intersex, Davis draws on interviews with intersex people, their parents, and medical experts to explore the oft-questioned views on intersex in medical and activist communities, as well as the evolution of thought in regards to intersex visibility and transparency. She finds that framing intersex as an abnormality is harmful and can alter the course of one’s life. In fact, controversy over this framing continues, as intersex has been renamed a ‘disorder of sex development’ throughout medicine. This happened, she suggests, as a means for doctors to reassert their authority over the intersex body in the face of increasing intersex activism in the 1990s and feminist critiques of intersex medical treatment. Davis argues the renaming of ‘intersex’ as a ‘disorder of sex development’ is strong evidence that the intersex diagnosis is dubious. Within the intersex community, though, disorder of sex development terminology is hotly disputed; some prefer not to use a term which pathologizes their bodies, while others prefer to think of intersex in scientific terms. Although terminology is currently a source of tension within the movement, Davis hopes intersex activists and their allies can come together to improve the lives of intersex people, their families, and future generations. However, for this to happen, the intersex diagnosis, as well as sex, gender, and sexuality, needs to be understood as socially constructed phenomena. A personal journey into medical and social activism, Contesting Intersex presents a unique perspective on how medical diagnoses can affect lives profoundly.Ask us about setting up a Skype-in with the author for your class

Intersex people. --- Intersexuality --- Sexual disorders. --- Sex disorders --- Sexual diseases --- Sex (Biology) --- Psychosexual disorders --- Bisexuality (Biology) --- Hermaphroditism --- Intersex conditions --- Hermaphrodites (Persons) --- Hermaphroditic people --- Inter* individuals --- Intersex-identified people --- Intersexed people --- Intersexual people --- Intersexuals (Persons) --- Persons --- History.

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During the nineteenth century, words like 'intersex' and 'trans' had not yet been invented to describe individuals whose bodies, or senses of self, conflicted with binary sex. But that does not mean that such people did not exist. In nineteenth-century France, case studies filled medical journals, high-profile trials captured headlines, and doctors staked their reputations on sex determinations only to have them later reversed by colleagues. While medical experts fought over what separated a man from a woman, novelists began to explore debates about binary sex and describe the experiences of gender-ambiguous characters. Anne Linton discusses over 200 newly-uncovered case studies while offering fresh readings of literature by several famous writers of the period, as well as long-overlooked popular fiction. This landmark contribution to the history of sexuality is the first book to examine intersex in both medicine and literature, sensitively relating historical 'hermaphrodism' to contemporary intersex activism and scholarship.

Intersex people --- Sex determination --- Intersexuality --- History --- Persons --- Hermaphrodites (Persons) --- Hermaphroditic people --- Inter* individuals --- Intersex-identified people --- Intersexed people --- Intersexual people --- Intersexuals (Persons) --- Sex (Biology) --- Bisexuality (Biology) --- Hermaphroditism --- Intersex conditions --- Determination, Sex

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Gender Identity --- Gender identity --- Health Policy --- Hermaphroditism --- History, Modern 1601 --- -Intersex people --- Intersexuality --- Social Conditions --- Transsexualism --- History. --- history --- Identity --- Social aspects --- Intersex people --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Bisexuality (Biology) --- Intersex conditions --- Sex (Biology) --- Hermaphrodites (Persons) --- Hermaphroditic people --- Inter* individuals --- Intersex-identified people --- Intersexed people --- Intersexual people --- Intersexuals (Persons) --- Sexual minorities --- History --- Persons --- Gender dysphoria

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This edited collection interrogates how social and cultural representations of individuals with intersex variations impact how they are understood and treated from legal and medical perspectives across the world. Contributors consider how novelists, filmmakers, artists, and medical professionals have represented people with intersex variations, and highlight the importance of ethical representation and autonomy to encourage wider cultural and medical knowledge of intersex variations as a naturally occurring phenomenon. The text also examines the ways in which individuals with intersex variations are represented and viewed in India, Italy, Pakistan and Israel, as well as how this impacts decision making for the individuals, families and medical providers. This book argues that reactions to intersex variations will not change unless they are no longer presented as treatable disorders. It positions representation at the forefront, shifting the emphasis away from a concern for maintaining gender norms to upholding the human rights of intersex people. This volume will be of interest to researchers and scholars in intersex studies as well as policymakers and activists.

Intersex people --- Intersex people in literature. --- Social conditions. --- Identity. --- Intersex identity --- Intersexed identity --- Intersexual identity --- Gender identity --- Hermaphrodites (Persons) --- Hermaphroditic people --- Inter* individuals --- Intersex-identified people --- Intersexed people --- Intersexual people --- Intersexuals (Persons) --- Persons --- Human body --- Sex. --- Queer theory. --- Gender identity in mass media. --- Health. --- Sociology of the Body. --- Sexuality Studies. --- Gender Studies. --- Queer Studies. --- Media and Gender. --- Gender and Health. --- Social aspects.

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Sexual orientation and gender identity are separate, distinct parts of people's overall identity. Equality and freedom from discrimination are human rights belonging to all people, however, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, gender diverse and intersex (LGBTI) people experience hostility in many areas of everyday life. This book explores issues involving sexual orientation, gender diversity and intersex status; and explains what equality means for people who are subjected to misunderstanding and homophobia.

Sexual orientation. --- Gender identity. --- Intersex people --- Sexual orientation --- Gender identity --- Hermaphrodites (Persons) --- Hermaphroditic people --- Inter* individuals --- Intersex-identified people --- Intersexed people --- Intersexual people --- Intersexuals (Persons) --- Persons --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Orientation, Sexual --- Sexual preference --- Sexual reorientation programs --- Intersex identity --- Intersexed identity --- Intersexual identity --- Identity. --- Study and teaching (Secondary) --- Identity --- teaching resource collection --- Gender dysphoria --- Conversion therapy