| What We're About |
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What we are all about Bodies Like Ours seeks to end the shame and secrecy that surrounds people born intersex through community and peer support. Our goals are to make it okay to be born different and to recognize that we are not defined by what is between our legs. Instead, we seek to be defined by what makes us whole as human beings--our soul, our gender, and our presence. The intersex community and population is not a small one, but years of shame, secrecy, and isolation have taught us to remain hidden, hoping that no one discovers our "secret". As a result, we only appear to be small in number. Bodies Like Ours seeks to eliminate those secrets and thus the shame and isolation. In doing so, our true numbers will be known. Bodies Like Ours believes that openness within the intersex community will lead to radical change by the medical field and society in general about who we are and what our desires are. This approach embraces the Intersex Society of North America model of a Patient-Centered protocol and beyond by educating society in general that we don't need early genital surgeries to make us complete human beings: we are okay in the body we are born in and would prefer not to be surgically or hormonally altered without our consent. |
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