Intersex Peer Support - Bodies Like Ours

ABC News 20/20 examined the controversy over infant cosmetic genital surgery on 4/19/2002. The report featured Cheryl Chase, Executive Director of ISNA; Hida Viloria, a woman who grew up with her clitoris intact; Dr, Bruce Wilson, a pediatric endocrinologist who believes early genital surgeries are wrong; and a pro-surgery pediatric urologist, Dr. Kenneth Glassburg. Dr. Glassburg believes that Hida would have been better off having early genital surgery, even though he never met this woman who grew up happy and well-adjusted with her clitoris the way it is. Glassberg also believes that survivors who are now speaking out against these misguided surgeries are "unfortunate historical footnotes" (Is It a Boy or a Girl, Discovery Channel; available for purchase through ISNA) Read more.

NOW Times Summer 2002 issue publishes an article about atypical genitalia and surgery. The article includes the personal stories of Janet Green, Executive Director of Bodies Like Ours, and Debbie Hartman, the mother of a child with Mosaic Syndrome. Janet has from Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Debbie is on the Board of both Bodies Like Ours and ISNA Both are tireless advocates for the elimination of cosmetic infant genital surgeries. Janet's story was written under a pseudonym of Dandara Hill.