Transgenderism: Are you concerned about confusing transgender issues and intersex in Intersex kids?
For those in the intersex community who are concerned about confusing intersex with transgenderism in intersex kids, OII would refer you to our official position which is located at:
You will read:
“Therefore, we are campaigning in favour of changing the current medical paradigm concerning surgical intervention and against the diagnosis of gender dysphoria in intersex individuals who feel they were assigned the wrong sex. OII affirms that the true sex of the child is determined by their own inner psychological perceptions and that the right of the individual intersex person to affirm her/his own sex without medical or governmental interference should be a basic human right. “
From its beginnings, OII has been adamantly opposed to any confusion between infants born with intersexed bodies and the current pathologization of their gender identities, which places them under the transgender umbrellas by diagnosing them as having a gender identity disorder.
If you are opposed to this, we invite you to contact the intersex organizations and intersex activists who are in favour of such pathologies of intersex children. They are
The Intersex Society of North America (Now defunct)
Alice Dreger and the DSD Guidelines which she wrote.
These organisations are in favor of confusing the issues of intersex with gender identity and if the intersex child rejects the original sex assignment, they are in favor of placing that child under the transgender umbrella. In the United States, this has serious consequences related directly to the health of the child.
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The treatments often necessary for treating what these organizations call a DSD are very similar to transsexual treatments and historically one cannot divorce the modern technology involved to “treat” intersex infants from the treatments that were designed for “treating” transsexualism. The important distinction is that for intersex children these transsexualising treatments are undertaken without informed consent from the child being treated.
The treatments often necessary for treating what these organizations call a DSD are very similar to transsexual treatments and historically one cannot divorce the modern technology involved to “treat” intersex infants from the treatments that were designed for “treating” transsexualism. The important distinction is that for intersex children these transsexualising treatments are undertaken without informed consent from the child being treated. 2) The DSD Guidelines and ISNA and the Intersex Initiative approve of assigning a sex as early as possible to an intersex child. Once the sex is assigned, hormones and other treatments are often necessary to normalize the body of the intersex child. Once these treatments have begun, it is almost impossible for the child to switch to hormones or other normalization treatments that would be specific to the sex opposite the one assigned and this is true even if the child is labeled as having a gender identity disorder. Such children will have to wait until they are adults in most jurisdictions if they are ever to have a chance to correct the original theft of their identities. Many will never have the money required to do this. Others will disappear because of suicide and other violence they are subjected to within their own environment.
OII is firmly opposed to any linking of intersex infants with trangenderism and has firmly opposed any diagnosis of GID or gender dysphoria of intersex infants.
Unfortunately, OII is not staffed by medical professionals who will listen to us. We are made of up intersexed people primarily who are the victims of the medical profession.
We hope that eventually our issues will be heard and that intersex children will be provided the best health care possible with medical staff who will listen to the real concerns of the child and honor and respect that child’s right to determine their own identity.
Sincerely,
Curtis E. Hinkle
Founder, OII
