Sex Binarism and the Intersex Pediatric Surgery Crisis

Graphic of a surgeon and a baby

Illustration by May Qi Article by Aisha Tipnis   Intersex variations are widely medicalized and often surgically altered to fit “male” or “female” phenotypes. These surgeries can have serious complications physically and psychologically, and because infants cannot provide informed consent, pediatric genital surgery is particularly problematic. Despite intersex activism and scientific literature indicating that these […]