Results for: Intersex vs DSD - prefer VSD

1) Do you consider yourself to be intersexed?

  
Percentage
Responses
yes
30.0
6
no
15.0
3
not sure
5.0
1
Other
50.0
10
Total responses:
20

2) Did you have medical intervention in childhood as a result of your being intersexed?

  
Percentage
Responses
yes
20.0
4
no
45.0
9
not sure
10.0
2
Other
25.0
5
Total responses:
20

3) Did you experience any form of "gender reinforcement" before adulthood?

  
Percentage
Responses
yes
30.0
6
no
20.0
4
not sure
0.0
0
Other
50.0
10
Total responses:
20

4)

Were you satisfied with the long-term results of childhood medical interventions?

  
Percentage
Responses
yes
0.0
0
no
42.1
8
not sure
21.1
4
Other
36.8
7
Total responses:
19

5) Were you satisfied with long-term outcomes of childhood gender interventions?

  
Percentage
Responses
yes
0.0
0
no
57.9
11
not sure
15.8
3
Other
26.3
5
Total responses:
19

6) Have you had to have remedial medical intervention as an adult as a result of childhood interventions?

  
Percentage
Responses
yes
22.2
4
no
38.9
7
other
0.0
0
Other
38.9
7
Total responses:
18

7) Were you satisfied that the sex that was assigned to you was correct for you?

  
Percentage
Responses
yes
5.3
1
no
57.9
11
not sure
5.3
1
Other
31.6
6
Total responses:
19

8)

Did you change sex from that assigned, or as you were raised, post-adolescence?

  
Percentage
Responses
yes
25.0
5
no
25.0
5
other
5.0
1
Other
45.0
9
Total responses:
20

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?

  
Percentage
Responses
yes
23.1
3
no
7.7
1
don't know
7.7
1
Other
61.5
8
Total responses:
13

10) Have you ever experienced denial about the authenticity of an underlying intersex condition?

  PercentageResponses
no
7.7
3
yes, parents
23.1
9
yes, other family
15.4
6
yes, medical professionals
15.4
6
other
15.4
6
Other
23.1
9

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)?

  
Percentage
Responses
yes - go with disorder
5.3
1
no - not disorder
15.8
3
no - prefer term like variation
42.1
8
not sure
0.0
0
Other
36.8
7
Total responses:
19

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?

  PercentageResponses
I support DSD, & it is right to exclude some people
0.0
0
I support DSD, & it is wrong to exclude some people
0.0
0
I support DSD, & would want to see all intersex people included
7.7
2
I don't support DSD, & unhappy that my treatment may be affected
11.5
3
I don't support DSD, & am concerned for future treatment of others
42.3
11
I don't support DSD, & am happy to be excluded
11.5
3
Other
11.5
3
Other
15.4
4

13) Will DSD make the lives of intersex people better in the future?

  PercentageResponses
It will be better for all those not yet born
0.0
0
It will be better for most of those not yet born
5.0
1
It will be better for a few of those not yet born
10.0
2
It will not make any difference for those not yet born
10.0
2
It will make things worse for some not yet born
10.0
2
It will make things worse for many not yet born
30.0
6
It will make things worse for all not yet born
20.0
4
It will mean that fewer intersex people will be born
15.0
3

14) Will DSD make lives better for intersex adults alive now?

  PercentageResponses
It will be better for all adult intersex people
0.0
0
It will be better for most adult intersex people
6.3
1
It will be better for a few adult intersex people
0.0
0
It will not make any difference for adult intersex people
18.8
3
It will make things worse for some adult intersex people
18.8
3
It will make things worse for most adult intersex people
25.0
4
It will make things worse for all adult intersex people
31.3
5

15) Please give a brief indication of your life-path

  PercentageResponses
born/assigned female and still identify as female
3.0
1
born/assigned male and still identify as male
3.0
1
born/assigned female and now identify as male
9.1
3
born/assigned male and now identify as female
12.1
4
born/assigned female and now identify androgynous/ambiguously
3.0
1
born/assigned male and now identify androgynous/ambiguously
12.1
4
born/assigned female and now identify heterosexual female
0.0
0
born/assigned female and now identify heterosexual male
0.0
0
born/assigned male and now identify heterosexual male
0.0
0
born/assigned male and now identify heterosexual female
6.1
2
born/assigned female and now identify lesbian, bi or queer female
9.1
3
born/assigned female and now identify gay, bi or queer male
0.0
0
born/assigned male and now identify gay, bi or queer male
3.0
1
born/assigned male and now identify lesbian, bi or queer female
18.2
6
born/assigned female and now identify non-sexual/asexual female
0.0
0
born/assigned female and now identify non-sexual/asexual male
0.0
0
born/assigned male and now identify non-sexual/asexual male
0.0
0
born/assigned male and now identify non-sexual/asexual female
3.0
1
other
3.0
1
Other
15.2
5

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

  
Percentage
Responses
I endorse the use of DSD for intersex people
0.0
0
I oppose the use of DSD for intersex people
0.0
0
I prefer a term like VSD to DSD for intersex people
100.0
20
Undecided
0.0
0
Total responses:
20
 

20) Please indicate your age now

  
Percentage
Responses
under 20
0.0
0
21-30
5.0
1
31-40
25.0
5
41-50
35.0
7
51-60
15.0
3
61-70
10.0
2
over 71
10.0
2
Total responses:
20