- What is intersex?
- How common is intersex?
- Intersex conditions
- What does ISNA recommend for children with intersex?
- Does ISNA think children with intersex should be raised without a gender, or in a third gender?
- What's wrong with the way intersex has traditionally been treated?
- What do doctors do now when they encounter a patient with intersex?
- Questions about Intersex Society of North America
- How come many people have never heard of intersex?
- Is a person who is intersex a hermaphrodite?
- Does having a Y chromosome make someone a man?
- Is intersex the same as "ambiguous genitalia"?
- Show me how intersex anatomy develops
- What is the current policy of the American Academy of Pediatrics on surgery?
- What's the difference between being transgender or transsexual and having an intersex condition?
- Why Doesn't ISNA Want to Eradicate Gender?
- How can you assign a gender (boy or girl) without surgery?
- What evidence is there that you can grow up psychologically healthy with intersex genitals (without "normalizing" surgeries)?
- Does ISNA advocate doing nothing when a child is born with intersex?
- What's ISNA's position on surgery?
- Are there medical risks associated with intersex conditions?
- How can I get my old medical records?
- What do intersex and the same-sex marriage debate have to do with each other?
- Who was David Reimer (also, sadly, known as "John/Joan")?
- What's the history behind the intersex rights movement?
What is the current policy of the American Academy of Pediatrics on surgery?
American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Endocrinology and Section on Urology Committee on Genetics. 2000. Evaluation of the Newborn With Developmental Anomalies of the External Genitalia. Pediatrics 106 (01):138-142.
- “Infants raised as girls will usually require clitoral reduction…”
- “A low-lying vagina can be exteriorized at the initial surgery, but in other cases this is best deferred until 1 year of age and often later… Additional surgery is often necessary.”
- “Correction of chordee and urethroplasty in boys with hypospadias is usually performed between 6 and 18 months of age, usually in 1 stage as an outpatient procedure.”
- “The results of hypospadias repair by an experienced surgeon using current techniques are satisfactory, both cosmetically and functionally.”
