Intersexuality < Diseases and Conditions in the Yahoo! Directory

Intersex Society of North America (ISNA)
Devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with atypical reproductive anatomies.
www.isna.org
United Kingdom Intersex Association (UKIA)
Offers information, support, and articles about intersex conditions.
www.ukia.co.uk
Making the Cut
Article from Ms. Magazine on clitoridectomies performed on intersexed babies.
www.msmagazine.com/oct00/makingthecut.html
Managing Intersex
Argues that most vaginal surgery in childhood should be deferred.
bmj.com/cgi/content/full/323/7324/1264
Pediatric Ethics and the Surgical Assignment of Sex
Abstract about surgery for infants with ambiguous genitalia or loss of penis.
www.ukia.co.uk/diamond/ped_eth.htm
North American Task Force on Intersexuality (NATFI)
Reviews medical policies regarding intersexuality and educates the general public.
www.natfi.org
Ambiguous Genitalia and Intersexuality
www.emedicine.com/PED/topic1492.htm
NOVA: Sex: Unknown
Presentation detailing the life of Max Beck, a man who was raised as a women. Site investigates the complicated world of gender identity.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/gender
Male, Female, Other
Article by Simon LeVay.
www.nerve.com/dispatches/levay/intersex/main.asp?
Question of Gender, A
Article from Discover on intersexed babies and whether surgical intervention is really needed.
www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1511/1_21/58398807/p1/article.jhtml

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