Amye
02-15-05, 03:16 AM
Hi,
I'm hoping that this thread isn't offensive in any way, I read a previous thread that premed-something made and he didn't really seem to be very literate.. so I'm hoping maybe that was why he got such a frank response.
Let me say upfront who I am. My name is Amy, I'm a single mom at a community college in Salem, Oregon, studying to be a medical assistant. My psychology class requires a term paper, and my Human Sexuality class requires a term paper and a presentation to the class. I decided what would most fit both categories would be an issue that has been an interest of mine for a while, that of infant/childhood gender assignment. I've found a lot of information on the internet, but unfortunately it's mainly been the SAME information.. that of the works of Dr. John Money and his infamous John/Joan debacle and so on. I have been trying to find some good sources for literature on this subject with some actual depth to it, but the school and public library has been pretty lacking. I found a copy of "Lessons from the Intersexed" at the public library, but that was it.
I was hoping that someone here could give me some direction toward a book or website that might contain more information on past intersex surgeries performed on children, on surgical reassignment due to micropenis, enlarged clitoris, CAH, AIS, etc. If anyone would be willing to talk to me about how they experience live being intersexed and not having had a procedure done on them; or if they were one of the ones whose parents made that decision for them and how that has affected them I would be very grateful. It's my intention to help educate the other students in my class about this condition and sort of demystify it for them.
I should add that my knowledge of all of this is very much on the layman's level, I'm learning as I go here.
Thanks in advance, and thanks for reading. If you'd like to contact me, I can be reached at: amysaid@<hidden> or amidamnit@<hidden>.
- Amy
I'm hoping that this thread isn't offensive in any way, I read a previous thread that premed-something made and he didn't really seem to be very literate.. so I'm hoping maybe that was why he got such a frank response.
Let me say upfront who I am. My name is Amy, I'm a single mom at a community college in Salem, Oregon, studying to be a medical assistant. My psychology class requires a term paper, and my Human Sexuality class requires a term paper and a presentation to the class. I decided what would most fit both categories would be an issue that has been an interest of mine for a while, that of infant/childhood gender assignment. I've found a lot of information on the internet, but unfortunately it's mainly been the SAME information.. that of the works of Dr. John Money and his infamous John/Joan debacle and so on. I have been trying to find some good sources for literature on this subject with some actual depth to it, but the school and public library has been pretty lacking. I found a copy of "Lessons from the Intersexed" at the public library, but that was it.
I was hoping that someone here could give me some direction toward a book or website that might contain more information on past intersex surgeries performed on children, on surgical reassignment due to micropenis, enlarged clitoris, CAH, AIS, etc. If anyone would be willing to talk to me about how they experience live being intersexed and not having had a procedure done on them; or if they were one of the ones whose parents made that decision for them and how that has affected them I would be very grateful. It's my intention to help educate the other students in my class about this condition and sort of demystify it for them.
I should add that my knowledge of all of this is very much on the layman's level, I'm learning as I go here.
Thanks in advance, and thanks for reading. If you'd like to contact me, I can be reached at: amysaid@<hidden> or amidamnit@<hidden>.
- Amy