Resources & Links
This page addresses the topic of intersex and provides resources and varying perspectives on the ideas. The material provided is intended for academic research and discussion.
- APA: Answers to Your Questions About Individiuals with Intersex CondititonsDetailed answers to questions regarding intersex conditions from the American Psychological Association (APA).
- Differences in Sex DevelopmentDifferences in sex development (DSD) is a group of rare conditions involving genes, hormones and reproductive organs, including genitals. It means a person's sex development is different to most other people's.
- Fact Sheet: IntersexIntersex fact sheet from the United Nations Human Rights Office.
- Hermaphrodism: Credo ReferenceA Credo Reference landing page on hermaphrodism. This page includes links to reference works, journal articles, and a mind map.
- Intersex: Medical Encyclopedia from MedlinePlusMedlinePlus.gov Medical Encyclopedia entry for intersex.
Streaming Media
- Gender TroubleIn this lyrical and moving documentary, four intersex women tell their stories with astonishing bravery and candour. Set against beautiful yet unsettling backgrounds of organically transforming family photographs, orchids and topiary gardens, Melissa, Mary, Barbara and Sara speak openly about hermaphrodism and the secrecy surrounding their conditions and lives. More than one in every 2000 people are born with some sort of intersex condition but you would never know it. Most intersex people have lived in secrecy and silence - the casualties of a medical profession that believed it best to surgically eradicate difference and withhold the truth from their patients.
- IntersexionThe first question any new parent asks… “Is it a boy or a girl?” But what happens when doctors cannot answer that question? One baby in 2,000 is born with genitalia that is so ambiguous that no-one can tell if the child is male or female.
Perspectives
Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She
Sensitively explores the controversial subject of the blurring of gender as well as the serious social and family problems--even dangers--often faced by those whose gender may fall somewhere in between male and female.