36 - Claire Graham - Intersex Issues

1:27 Defining intersex—how common is it?; different types 8:06 Intersex versus trans 12:20 What does it mean to be assigned the “wrong” sex at birth? 25:03 Is sex a spectrum? 30:33 Hermaphrodites 32:33 The condition MRKH and Claire’s own experiences being diagnosed 38:20 CAIS (complete androgen insensitivity syndrome); past approaches to intersex people and more recent changes 47:10 Claire’s Twitter ban; trans activists and intersex people 1:07:40 Some misconceptions about intersex people You can find out more by following Claire here: https://mrkhvoice.com/ Further References Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex (2002); Alice Dreger, Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and One Scholar's Search for Justice (2015) Fact checking the statistics about the incidence of intersex: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000222z You can follow intersex activist Emily Quinn on YouTube (highly recommended): https://www.youtube.com/user/Emilord And see intersex activist https://www.youtube.com/user/pidgejen Aphra Behn, “To the Fair Clorinda” (1688): https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50479/to-the-fair-clorinda Natalia Wynn (“ContraPoints”) and her facial feminisation surgery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9mspMJTNEY