Intersex
vs DSD Survey
Summary of all responses for
those who experienced medical intervention (Q2)
Question 3: Did you experience any form of "gender
reinforcement" before adulthood?
A) yes (11)
B) no (0)
C) not sure (0)
D) comments (3)
Question 4: Were you satisfied with
the long-term results of childhood medical interventions?
A) yes (1)
B) no (9)
C) not sure
(1)
D) comments (2)
Question 5: Were you satisfied with
long-term outcomes of childhood gender interventions?
A) yes (0)
B) no (12)
C) not sure
(1)
D) comments (1)
Question 6: Have you had to have remedial
medical intervention as an adult as a result of childhood
interventions?
A) yes (9)
B) no (2)
C) not sure
(1)
D) comments (2)
Question 7: Were you satisfied that
the sex that was assigned to you was correct for you?
A) yes (1)
B) no (11)
C) not sure
(1)
D) comments (1)
Question 8: Did you change sex from
that assigned, or as you were raised, post-adolescence?
A) yes (9)
B) no (2)
C) not sure
(1)
D) comments (2)
Question 9: If the answer to 8 was
yes, and for some reason you changed sex as an adult, did you find
medical professionals supportive of this?
A) yes (3)
B)
no (2)
C) not sure (0)
D) comments (8)
- Although I
find that many professionals viewed me as transexual not intersexed
only a few made the diffrence out to me and even they felt it didn't
matter really
- but i had to play along with the GID diagnostic in order to have the surgery.
- some yes, but they needed education from me and my support as they struggle. Some never get it
- Partly helpful.
- Some were. I see an Endocrinologist and he was very instrumental in the process.
- It was very hard to find anyone to help but I did.
Question 10: Have you ever
experienced denial about the authenticity of an underlying intersex
condition?
A) no
B) yes, parents
C) yes, other family
D) yes, medical professionals
E) other
F) comments
Question 11: Recently, there has been
campaign to shift terminology from "intersex" to "DSD"
- disorders of sex development.
Do you think that "disorder"
is an appropriate term to describe your own sex development?
Would
you prefer something using words like variations of sex development
(VSD)?
A)
yes - go with disorder (0)
B)
no - not disorder (6)
C)
no - prefer term like variation (2)
D)
not sure (0)
E)
Other (6)
- intersex is already ok by me and any term that does not invalidate or make me into some pathology could be also ok.
- I don't think renaming is ultimately useful. language is always subject to manipulation
- HELL NO! But I understand why.
- This is very bad and creates more shame and stigma for intersex children and adults.
- It implies that most people are "ordered" and from what I can tell the no 2 people are that much alike.
- No! The whole thing upsets me. It reminds me of
how governments try to describe who is and isn't an Aboriginal in order
to decrease their numbers and not be obligated to provide certain
promised entitlements. If fewer of us exist then the binary system of
gender can still be imposed. The less numbers we have the easier it is
to deny our rights.
Question 12: Some argue that the
promotion of "DSD" has ensured the exclusion of some
categories of people
who have
experienced earlier treatment for intersex conditions from having an
intersex voice, or treatment as intersex people.
What
do you think?
A)
I support DSD, it is right to exclude some people
B) I support
DSD, it is wrong to exclude some people
C) I support DSD, would
want to see all intersex people included
D) I dont support DSD,
unhappy that my treatment may be affected
E) I dont support DSD,
am concerned for future treatment of others F) I dont support DSD, am
happy to be excluded
G)
Other
H)
Comment
Question 13: Will DSD make the lives of
intersex people better in the future?
A)
It will be better for all those not yet born
B) It will be better
for most of those not yet born
C) It will be better for a few of
those not yet born
D) It will not make any difference for those
not yet born
E) It will make things worse for some not yet born
F)
It will make things worse for many not yet born
G) It will make
things worse for all not yet born
H) It will mean that fewer
intersex people will be born
Question
14: Will DSD make lives better for intersex adults alive now?
A) It will be better for
all adult intersex people
B) It will be better for most adult
intersex people
C) It will be better for a few adult intersex
people
D) It will not make any difference for adult intersex
people
E) It will make things worse for some adult intersex
people
F) It will make things worse for most adult intersex
people
G) It will make things worse for all adult intersex people
Question
15: Please give a brief indication of your life-path
T)
comments
S) other
N)
born/assigned male and now identify lesbian, bi or queer female
L)
born/assigned female and now identify gay, bi or queer male
K) born/assigned female and now identify lesbian, bi or queer female
J) born/assigned male and now identify heterosexual female
F) born/assigned male and now identify androgynous/ambiguously
E) born/assigned female and now identify androgynous/ambiguously
D)
born/assigned male and now identify as female
C)
born/assigned female and now identify as male
A) born/assigned female and still identify as female
- mutilated and lied to. Assignation not valid
- identify as intersexed, unsure of definition of "ambiguously"
- Why is "born/assigned female and now identify lesbian, bi or
queer anbiguously or third/fourth/fifth gendered, not an option? Also
you have conflated separate catagories with question 15. Sex, gender,
and sexual preference identities are 3 different things. If you really
want to know what this issues means for intersex individuals, you have
to start by broadening your perceptions of what those issues are and
not assume that your "catagories" are the only ones of relevance.
Question 16:
Please now state your position clearly in relation to the shift in
terminology from intersex to Disorder of Sex Development, or whether you
would prefer a term like Variation in Sex Development
A) I
endorse the use of DSD for intersex people (1)
B) I oppose the use of
DSD for intersex people (7)
C) I prefer a term like VSD to DSD for
intersex people (4)
D) Undecided
(2)