Oct 25

Oct 25 Intersex People of Color for Justice Statement for Intersex Awareness Day (IAD) 2017

As this year is coming to a close, the intersex people of color movement has seen triumph and setback. M.C., a young Black intersex child whose genitals were mutilated by the state of South Carolina while in foster care, received a court victory

Oct 22

Oct 22 First Do Harm: How Intersex Kids Are Hurt by those Who Have Taken the Hippocratic Oath

Pidgeon Pagonis

Pidgeon Pagonis is intersex, meaning that similar to one in 2000 people, they were born with sex characteristics not easily categorized as either male or female. This article critiques the Concealed Non-Consensual Surgery model (‘CNCS’) that dominates intersex treatment via illuminating discrepancies between the model, which Pagonis and others have endured, and the Hippocratic Oath. Instead of the current CNCS model, which has caused harm to so many, Pagonis offers alternatives that center on psychologists and support groups, instead of unnecessary surgeries.

Oct 20

Oct 20 A Doctor Asked Me for a Dialogue on Why They Shouldn’t Cut Up Intersex Babies - Here’s My Response

Pidgeon Pagonis

Here’s my open letter to Dr. David Sandberg. Since he received taxpayer money for his research and works at a state university, we all deserve to know what brought him to tell the Washington Post he should be allowed to keep promoting a First Do Harm model of care for intersex kids...