| 1. | Making the Cut | | | Article from Ms. Magazine tracing the history of clitoridectomy from the 1800s when it was used to prevent masturbation to the modern practice of assigning gender to sexually ambiguous children.
www.msmagazine.com |
| 3. | Physician's Weekly Point/Counterpoint | | | Doctor's Peter Lee and Philip Gruppuso argue the issue of whether cosmetic surgery should be performed on children born with ambiguous genitals.
www.physweekly.com |
| 4. | The True Story of John/Joan | | | Story of an anonymous baby boy who was turned into a girl by doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1967 after the boy's penis was burned by an electro-cautery needle during circumcision.
www.healthyplace.com |
| 5. | British Association of Paediatric Surgeons | | | Draft statement of the Working Party on the surgical management of children born with ambiguous genitalia. Lists the members of the party, defines the various conditions that cause ambiguous genitalia, and gives references. Also has an appendix describing the forms of clitoral surgery, their indications, and their effects.
www.baps.org.uk |
| 6. | Astraea: Genital Surgery Controversy | | | Text of a New York Times article examining the legal issue of gender assignment surgery and comparing the practice to female genital mutilation.
www.astraeasweb.net |
| 7. | Queer Cut Bodies | | | which examines the surgical and medical management of intersexed children in terms of a relationship of violence in which the intersexed are disenfranchised, suggesting that homophobia is a motivating factor in the management of intersexed bodies.
www.usc.edu |
| 8. | Genital Surgery On Intersexed Children | | | A letter from Cheryl Chase, Executive Director, Intersex Society of North America to a judge in Colombia, South America expressing the opinion that choices involving sexual identity and cosmetic genital surgery should be left to the patient.
www.healthyplace.com |
| 9. | Genital Plastic Surgery | | | An article examining the nature vs. nuture argument that encourages parents to make an informed decision about whether or not to consent to surgery.
www.medhelp.org |
| 10. | Surgery for Intersex | | | Article from the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine examining the sex of rearing, the long term outcomes of feminization, and the patient's view. Includes references.
www.jrsm.org |
| 11. | Into the Hands of Babes | | | Article from Johns Hopkins Magazine about William Reiner and his change of heart with regards to the treatment of intersexed children.
www.jhu.edu |
| 12. | Management of Intersexuality | | | Suggested guidelines by Dres. Milton Diamond and H. Keith Sigmundson for dealing with individuals with ambigous genitalia, recommending that the sex of assignment should be based on the nature of the diagnosis rather than only considering the size of functionality of the phallus.
www.postgender.de |
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