Bodies Like Ours | Intersex Peer Support

A ground-breaking statement and offering of guidelines from the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons Working Party on the Surgical Management of Children Born with Ambiguous Genitalia calling for a review of the current practices. It also includes a comprehensive appendix of currently performed genital surgeries:

December 2001 article in the British Medical Journal calling for an end ot non-disclosure to patients and their families regarding the truth and treatment of atypical genitals and managing the conditions using a multi-disciplinary approach: 

An article from the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine by Sarah Creighton (MD MRCOG Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Hospital, London WC1E 6AU, UK) exploring current thought on surgery for people born with atypical genitals. She calls for a review of currently accepted protocol and suggests that clinicians need to reconsider whether these surgeries are necessary:

Two interesting studies from Claude Migeon regarding 46, XY Intersex Individuals

Research as recent as 2000 shows the structure of the clitoris remains largely unknown:

A commentary about the medical treatment of intersex: Blizzard, Robert M. 2002. Intersex Issues: A Series of Continuuing Conundrums. Pediatrics 1103 (3):616-21. A follow-up commentary is published in Growth Genetics & Hormones, Root. 2003. Commentary. 19(1):6-7. Available at: Note from Bodies: Dr. Blizzard's commentary on Dr. Root's commentary is of special note and interest.