I haven't done much research on intersex children, but I can remember watching a documentary on TV well over a decade ago, and I think it might be relevant. A boy was born with one testicle. I'm not sure if the kid was intersex or anything (I have not been able to resurrect the documentary), but I can remember that they decided when he was about five or six, they would remove that one testicle. They claimed that it was cancerous, but apparently, his mother looked in the records and it was apparently healthy. Apparently, they decided they'd just keep the kid on steroids (or some other kind of androgen.) I can remember hearing the mother recount an incident where her son asked her "will I grow up to be a big boy, Mommy?" and she said "Yes," but to hear her describing the incident, you could tell she was lying to him and was nervous about the day she'd finally tell him the truth.
Then, years later, I discovered that this is a common thing to happen to intersex children. I am torn between the barbarity of the whole thing and the fact that, well, the whole situation is so bizarre that living with the ambiguity just makes everything all the more confusing.
Then, years later, I discovered that this is a common thing to happen to intersex children. I am torn between the barbarity of the whole thing and the fact that, well, the whole situation is so bizarre that living with the ambiguity just makes everything all the more confusing.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
