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Contesting intersexGeorgiann Davis

Contesting intersex

2015221 pages
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"When Georgiann Davis was a teenager, her doctors discovered that she possessed XY chromosomes, marking her as intersex. Rather than share this information with her, they withheld the diagnosis in order to 'protect' her gender identity; it was years before Davis would see her own medical records as an adult and learn the truth"--Back cover. "When sociologist Georgiann Davis was a teenager, her doctors discovered that she possessed XY chromosomes, marking her as intersex. Rather than share this information with her, they withheld the diagnosis in order to 'protect' the development of her…

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  • Other · English · 2015
    221 pages · 9781479814152
Intersex peopleSexual disordersIntersexualityHistory