Intersex 20/20, part 2 of 2

Discusses the social and medical controversies that have arisen around people born with ambiguous genitalia. Features interviews with Kenneth Glassberg, M.D., and Hida Viloria, an intersex woman who did not have corrective surgery. Cheryl Chase discusses her experience discovering that she was operated on as an infant.

Originally broadcast on the ABC television program 20/20 on April 19, 2002. Reporter, Lynn Sherr

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• intersex
• gender
• disphoria
• hermaphrodite
• sex
• sexuality
• ambiguous
• genitalia
• androgyny
• boy
• girl
• shemale

[roojooroojoo]

"I do not believe this society is ready for it". WHAT does society have to do someone's genitals? I just.. cannot fathom that..

[klrtwnky]

Thumbs up for a video getting all intersex people on YouTube to speak up about themselves. I'm not but it doesn't sound too bad.

[DianaMaria1991]

Can you ejaculate and have a period as well if you have two genitals?

[SatoRindou]

2:55 Can't accept? I accept the smugg opinion you have, why not accept us?

[HotMama7777]

Does anyone know WHICH intersex condition Hida has? AIS? Swyer's Syndrome?

[roxyndra]

What a stupid doctor. "Society isn't ready for a new minority. Society hasn't accepted other races." So your solution is to *hide* the existence of what makes people -uncomfortable-? We're just gonna bleach the skin of black babies and force cancer patients to wear wigs? WTF People who can't comprehend the fact that every one is different need to grow up.

[rochroch2012]

also I think not enough is being done to raise awareness of this situation. for me this is no different to female genitalia mutilation. which till this day is covertly practised in various countries. at the end of the day, its that childs human right to chose what they want to be done to their body, once they reach adulthood and have fully developed... alot of these women are not intersexual they just have a clitoris which appears to be large because it is external rather than internal.

[rochroch2012]

of course that stupid 'doctor' is going to say "society isnt ready for intersexuals" and "those who are feminised, or masculinised from birth, suffer less hurdles" because he's career is based on proding and poking things which have no significance to the well being and health of that child. I agree with CratessetarC and roojooroojoo intersexual genital mutilation should be illegal and that 'society' has NOTHING to do with ones genitalia! how would anyone know apart from who you sleep with ?

[CratessetarC]

Doing that surgery to babies should be illegal. They have no idea how that if that child will truly feel male or female. Doctors and parents are taking away that child's rights. How would you like to be a straight man that had your penis cut off as a baby? Would you like to be a girl that can't ever have an orgasm because your clitoris was removed? They are ruining lives by not allowing the child to choose if they want surgery or not.

[lococavasa]

Truth to the matter is and i realize this after typing up my previous post. It is very hard for most people to see male in female are female in male but all babies started off as females in the womb some of us matured into males. When you look at a person who is inter-sexed there is no label attached. People more than likely will only see what they want because they do not understand how anyone can be born biologically both .But i ask if there are people born male & female why not both?

[lococavasa]

Genitalia that doesn't match what there gender is? But what about when a persons gender is not clear? What about when gender redefines are thinking? What if a persons biology is mixed. Then what? Should we classify them as hermaphrodites?What about listing to that persons since there really is no one who can tell another person how they feel inside except for you. That guy is an ass BTW.

[lococavasa]

@singingful What's really corrupted about all this is not so much the idea are believe in normalizing genitals but the fact the surgery can make a persons genitals incapable of preforming. Honestly should we really worry that are partner has more than what is considered normal? No why does it matter? Mother nature creates us in her way then we create an image of what that means through are brain.