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Neither Boy Nor Girl

- Growing Up Intersex: A Memoir

Om Neither Boy Nor Girl

Like one in about every hundred infants, I was born with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, a genetic disorder that can cause a newborn to be born with ambiguous genitalia. At my birth in the early 1960s, the doctors couldn't tell if I was a boy or a girl. As a result, the decision was made to raise me as a boy, but I knew from an early age that I wanted to be a girl. As a child, I knew I was different but could not express my feelings. At a routine physical examination when I was 17, I found out that I was a hermaphrodite (now called Intersex). This was the beginning of naming some of my feelings, and it helped me formulate a plan to become a woman. Since I was raised as a boy, I needed to get permission from a group of physicians in order to have surgery. In my memoir, NEITHER BOY NOR GIRL: GROWING UP INTERSEX, I chronicle my life as an intersex individual who was raised as a boy and chose to become a woman in my early 20s. I share the joys, insights, and struggles throughout my journey. Today, I am a mother and a nurse practitioner who has worked mainly with under-served populations: drug addicts, sex workers, the LGBTQ+ community, and women living in poverty. I have a doctorate in nursing and currently teach at a Midwestern University.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9798857889206
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 288
  • Utgitt:
  • 18. august 2023
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 152x229x15 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 386 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 2-4 uker
Forventet levering: 27. desember 2024
Utvidet returrett til 31. januar 2025

Beskrivelse av Neither Boy Nor Girl

Like one in about every hundred infants, I was born with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, a genetic disorder that can cause a newborn to be born with ambiguous genitalia. At my birth in the early 1960s, the doctors couldn't tell if I was a boy or a girl. As a result, the decision was made to raise me as a boy, but I knew from an early age that I wanted to be a girl. As a child, I knew I was different but could not express my feelings. At a routine physical examination when I was 17, I found out that I was a hermaphrodite (now called Intersex). This was the beginning of naming some of my feelings, and it helped me formulate a plan to become a woman. Since I was raised as a boy, I needed to get permission from a group of physicians in order to have surgery. In my memoir, NEITHER BOY NOR GIRL: GROWING UP INTERSEX, I chronicle my life as an intersex individual who was raised as a boy and chose to become a woman in my early 20s. I share the joys, insights, and struggles throughout my journey. Today, I am a mother and a nurse practitioner who has worked mainly with under-served populations: drug addicts, sex workers, the LGBTQ+ community, and women living in poverty. I have a doctorate in nursing and currently teach at a Midwestern University.

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