Betsy
01-03-03, 04:48 PM
If you are in the area, maybe a Sunday destination:
Intersexuality: First Stop the Harm
Presented by Bodies Like Ours
Betsy Driver, Cofounder and Outreach Director
Janet Green, Cofounder and Executive Director
At least one in 2000 children is born with notably atypical sexual anatomy .
. . otherwise known as an intersex condition. . ("Hermaphrodite" -- though
at times used interchangeably with intersex, is now considered a stigmatizing
and misleading word).
Intersexuality: First Stop the Harm . . . will communicate the critical
importance of ending the secrecy and the medically unnecessary genital
surgery that has been the routine standard of care for intersex people. A
new, patient centered protocol for dealing with intersex newborns will be
provided. This approach includes that full and accurate information be given
to parents and that appropriate referrals be made, including to support
groups of adult intersex people.
An accompanying video produced by the Intersex Society of North America
(ISNA), "Total Patient Care" will be shown. Featured in the film are
experts, medical professionals, an adult with intersex and parents of an
intersex child.
Sunday, January 12, 2002
4:00-6:00 PM
Nyack Village Hall
9 North Broadway, 2nd floor, Nyack, NY.
No admission fee and free refreshments!
All are invited to "Intersex: First Stop the Harm", a program of the LGBT
Community Education Series on issues of special interest to the LGBT
(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community, their friends, families, and
allies.
For more information on this and other LGBT events, please contact VCS
Community Change Project at 845 634-5729, ext. 306.
Contact:
Phyllis B. Frank, Director
845 634-5729
Phyllis B. Frank
Director, VCS Community Change Project
77 South Main Street
Nyack, NY 10956
845 634-5729
www.volunteercounselingservice.org
Intersexuality: First Stop the Harm
Presented by Bodies Like Ours
Betsy Driver, Cofounder and Outreach Director
Janet Green, Cofounder and Executive Director
At least one in 2000 children is born with notably atypical sexual anatomy .
. . otherwise known as an intersex condition. . ("Hermaphrodite" -- though
at times used interchangeably with intersex, is now considered a stigmatizing
and misleading word).
Intersexuality: First Stop the Harm . . . will communicate the critical
importance of ending the secrecy and the medically unnecessary genital
surgery that has been the routine standard of care for intersex people. A
new, patient centered protocol for dealing with intersex newborns will be
provided. This approach includes that full and accurate information be given
to parents and that appropriate referrals be made, including to support
groups of adult intersex people.
An accompanying video produced by the Intersex Society of North America
(ISNA), "Total Patient Care" will be shown. Featured in the film are
experts, medical professionals, an adult with intersex and parents of an
intersex child.
Sunday, January 12, 2002
4:00-6:00 PM
Nyack Village Hall
9 North Broadway, 2nd floor, Nyack, NY.
No admission fee and free refreshments!
All are invited to "Intersex: First Stop the Harm", a program of the LGBT
Community Education Series on issues of special interest to the LGBT
(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community, their friends, families, and
allies.
For more information on this and other LGBT events, please contact VCS
Community Change Project at 845 634-5729, ext. 306.
Contact:
Phyllis B. Frank, Director
845 634-5729
Phyllis B. Frank
Director, VCS Community Change Project
77 South Main Street
Nyack, NY 10956
845 634-5729
www.volunteercounselingservice.org