What does it mean to be intersex? ‘Every Body’ movie sheds light on little-known subject

[Davie]

Movie Review: What does it mean to be intersex? ‘Every Body’ movie sheds light on little-known subject

https://apnews.com/article/movie-review-every-body-intersex-024e64780c2232b3763c04588d305796

 

[Vidanjali]

This film is playing in theaters now. It's refreshing to see more knowledge about intersex in the mainstream. Most people have no idea how extremely limited their school-age sex ed class understanding of human sex and gender is. 

[VickySGV]

I have not seen the film, but my own research into John Money indicates he and his theories are at the root of many of the misinformation  and wishful thinking problems we see today in regard to medical treatment of Trans Youth.  The idea that a parent had so much influence on a child's gender perception is fuel for the Parental Rights people but its dark side also is that it makes them think a parent is overcontrolling their child to become what they believe is the WRONG gender.  This from "overcontrollers" themselves.  One finger forward, three and a thumb back at you.

[Charlize]

Two of my intersex friends are now presenting as male and are using T to better bye themselves after being forced into female rolls by parents.  On other is the opposite in both how she was raised and the hormones she uses today.  All consider themselves as trans because they have changed presentation.  I ca remember,ber a time here when we could suggest a young person seek out a counselor or teacher at school.   The GOP and controlling parents are doing their best to close that avenue to help.  Hopefully that will pass, sooner than later.

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize 

[awkward-yet-sweet]

Haven't seen the film...but it would be a good thing for more people to know what intersex is.  Had no real idea that I was intersex myself until recently.  Doctors looked at me for 20+ years and had no clue, although there were slight signs on the outside they might have investigated. 

[Birdie]

42 minutes ago, awkward-yet-sweet said:

Doctors looked at me for 20+ years and had no clue,

Doctors kept "mentioning" it for 50+ years but never investigating the "extent" of it. The only thing they did was pump me full of testosterone when I was younger to try and reverse the direction my body wanted to go. 

At almost 60 years of age I only recently found out I have a uterus. 

[awkward-yet-sweet]

@Birdie Isn't it just the funnest when you discover that you've got organs inside that don't match the outside?  🙄

The doctor I went to that finally figured out that I'm intersex scared the life out of me first....I had to go through tests and scans for cancer.  Nobody expected a perfectly healthy 46XX "female" to have a prostate and all the nerves and tubes in the area to be routed in crazy directions. 

[Birdie]

12 minutes ago, awkward-yet-sweet said:

@Birdie Isn't it just the funnest when you discover that you've got organs inside that don't match the outside?  🙄

The doctor I went to that finally figured out that I'm intersex scared the life out of me first....I had to go through tests and scans for cancer.  Nobody expected a perfectly healthy 46XX "female" to have a prostate and all the nerves and tubes in the area to be routed in crazy directions. 

Yes, it's nuts.

I do have rather obvious differences on the outside as well, that's why intersex was always mentioned. 

Why it was never investigated further I don't know?

Had I had known about my female sex organs inside I would have refuses 2 years of testosterone treatments and just let nature take it's course. 🤔

Perhaps have some other items removed and access opened up to the correct organs.