Intersex
vs DSD Survey
Summary of all responses for
those in favour of DSD
Question
1: Do you consider yourself to be intersexed?
A)
yes (3)
B)
no (0)
C)
not sure (1)
D)
Comments (2)
Question
2: Did you have medical intervention in childhood as a result
of your being intersexed?
A) yes (1)
B) no (3)
C) not sure (1)
D) comments
(1)
Question 3: Did you experience any form of "gender
reinforcement" before adulthood?
A) yes (2)
B) no (3)
C) not sure (0)
D) comments (1)
Question 4: Were you satisfied with
the long-term results of childhood medical interventions?
A) yes (1)
B) no (3)
C) not sure
(0)
D) comments (1)
Question 5: Were you satisfied with
long-term outcomes of childhood gender interventions?
A) yes (2)
B) no (3)
C) not sure
(0)
D) comments (1)
Question 6: Have you had to have remedial
medical intervention as an adult as a result of childhood
interventions?
A) yes (2)
B) no (4)
C) not sure
(0)
D) comments (0)
Question 7: Were you satisfied that
the sex that was assigned to you was correct for you?
A) yes (1)
B) no (4)
C) not sure
(0)
D) comments (1)
Question 8: Did you change sex from
that assigned, or as you were raised, post-adolescence?
A) yes (3)
B) no (3)
C) not sure
(0)
D) comments (0)
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 (1)
C) not sure (0)
D) comments (1)
Question 10: Have you ever
experienced denial about the authenticity of an underlying intersex
condition?
A) no (5)
B) yes, parents (1)
C) yes, other family (1)
D) yes, medical professionals (0)
E) other (0)
F) comments (0)
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 (3)
B)
no - not disorder (0)
C)
no - prefer term like variation (0)
D)
not sure (0)
E)
Other (3)
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
N)
born/assigned male and now identify lesbian, bi or queer female
L)
born/assigned female and now identify gay, bi or queer male
I)
born/assigned male and now identify heterosexual male
D)
born/assigned male and now identify as female
C)
born/assigned female and now identify as male