Parents of Intersexed Children FAQ Table of Contents - FAQ Parents of Intersexed Children

Written by Raven Kaldera & Heike Bödeker

Recommmendable Literature

Alexander, Tamara (1997): The Medical Management of Intersexed Children: An Analogue for Childhood Sexual Abuse.

Barbin, Adélaïde Herculine (1978): Herculine Barbin dite Alexina B. Présenté par Michel Foucault. Paris: Éditions Gallimard 1978, reéd. 1993 (Collection Folio, 2470)

---- (1980): Herculine Barbin, being the recently discovered memoirs of a 19th century hermaphrodite. Intro. ed. by Michael Foucault. Transl. by Richard McDougall. New York, NY: Colophon

Diamond, Milton (1997): Sexual Identity and Sexual Orientation in Children With Traumatized or

Diamond, Milton/H. Keith Sigmundson (1997a): Commentary: Management of Intersexuality: Guidelines for dealing with persons with ambiguous genitalia. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 151/10, Oct. 1997, 1046-1050; .

---- (1997b): Sex Reassignment at Birth: A Long Term Review and Clinical Implications — Reply. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 151/10, Oct. 1997, 1062-164;

Dreger, Alice Domurat (1998): Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex. Harvard University Press

Ensel, Angelica/Verein Feministische Wissenschaft (1996): Nach seinem Bilde — Schönheitschirurgie und Schöpfungsphantasien in der westlichen Medizin. Bern: efef

Fausto-Sterling, Anne (1985): Myths of gender. Biological theories about women and men. New York: Basic Books

---- (1988): Gefangene des Geschlechts? Was biologische Theorien über Mann und Frau sagen. München/Zürich: Piper [germ. transl. of Fausto-Sterling 1985]

---- (1993): The five sexes: why male and female are not enough. The Sciences 33/2, March/April 1993, 20-26 [see also letters from the readers in the July/August 1993 issue]

---- (forthc.): Building Bodies: Biology and the Social Construction of Sexuality. New York, NY: Basic Books

Kessler, Suzanne J. (1990): The medical construction of gender: case management of intersexed infants. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 16/1, Autumn 1990, 3-26

---- (1998): Lessons from the Intersexed. Rutgers University Press

Kessler, Suzanne/Wendy McKenna (1978): Gender: an ethnomethodological approach. Chicago, IL: Chicago UP/New York, NY: Wiley (Wiley-Interscience Publications)

Schüßler, Marina/Kathrin Bode (1992): Geprüfte Mädchen, ganze Frauen: zur Normierung der Mädchen in der Kindergynäkologie. Bern: efef-verlag

Sgier, Irena/Verein Feministische Wissenschaft (1994): Aus eins mach zehn und zwei lass gehn — Zweigeschlechtlichkeit als kulturelle Konstruktion. Bern: efef

Recommendable Family Support Groups

H.E.L.P. (Hermaphrodite Education and Listening Post)
PO Box 26 292
Jacksonville, FL 32 226
USA
email: help@southeast.net
website: http://users.southeast.net/~help

EM Mermaids
Family Support Group for Children and Teenagers with Gender Health Issues
London, WC1N 3XX
UK
email: mermaidsuk@geocities.com
web: http://www.mermaids.freeuk.com/gidca.html

AIS Support Group - Great Britain
website @ http://www.medhelp.org./www/ais

AIS Support Group US
c/o Sherri Groveman
4203 Genesse #103-437
San Diego, CA 92 117 - 49 50
USA
Tel.: 619 - 569 - 52 54
email: aissg@aol.com

AIS Support Group Canada
c/o Patricia Flora
PO Box 425
Postal Station C
1117 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON M6J 3P5
Canada