androjeanne
08-23-02, 11:00 AM
Hi,
My name is Jeanne and I was born with PAIS in 1958. I was given the "corrective:mad: " surgery when I was 8 weeks old. I was never told the truth. I was raised as a female but grew up knowing that I just didn't fit that very well. I had the typical intersexed history of lies, shame, fear, and pain. I am now 44 years old. I was surfing the Internet one day about 4 years ago. I typed the word "intersexed" into the browser and my life changed. I met up with people with the same condition, became educated, got my medical record and joined a wonderful internet support group called AISpeople2 on Yahoo. Today, my fear is gone (mostly) and I am no longer ashamed of my gender variation. I now know about 60 people around the world with intersexed conditions and no longer feel alone.
The best news of all is, in about 6 months I will be adopting an intersexed 3 year old "boy" from China. There is still a chance that it won't happen but everything looks very good. I am really excited. This is a dream come true for me. He is a beautiful healthy child.
I am really happy to be here. I just found this web site last week. I can't wait to get to know all of you.
Love,
Jeanne
My name is Jeanne and I was born with PAIS in 1958. I was given the "corrective:mad: " surgery when I was 8 weeks old. I was never told the truth. I was raised as a female but grew up knowing that I just didn't fit that very well. I had the typical intersexed history of lies, shame, fear, and pain. I am now 44 years old. I was surfing the Internet one day about 4 years ago. I typed the word "intersexed" into the browser and my life changed. I met up with people with the same condition, became educated, got my medical record and joined a wonderful internet support group called AISpeople2 on Yahoo. Today, my fear is gone (mostly) and I am no longer ashamed of my gender variation. I now know about 60 people around the world with intersexed conditions and no longer feel alone.
The best news of all is, in about 6 months I will be adopting an intersexed 3 year old "boy" from China. There is still a chance that it won't happen but everything looks very good. I am really excited. This is a dream come true for me. He is a beautiful healthy child.
I am really happy to be here. I just found this web site last week. I can't wait to get to know all of you.
Love,
Jeanne