Table of Contents

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1 Beyond Pink and Blue
2 Medical Sex Assignment
3 Stigma, Secrecy, and Shame
4 Seeds of Change
5 Intersex Pride
6 Implications of Intersex Mobilization
7 Methodological Appendix
Notes
Glossary
References
Index

About the Author

Sharon E. Preves is an assistant professor of sociology at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Reviews

With sensitivity and solid critical analysis, Intersex and Identity brings to the fore the long-ignored voices of people with intersex conditions. This is an important and accessible book for all, including patients, parents, clinicians, activists, scholars, and novice students.
*Founder of the Intersex Society of North America*

In Intersex and Identity Preves has produced the most up-to-date, comprehensive account available of what it is like to grow up and live with a body that isn't simply male or female. This work is compassionate, intelligent, and beautifully written, and promises to be well read and highly valued.
*author of Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex*

Sharon Preves's analysis of her interviews with adult intersexuals illuminates the power of the coming out process in transforming stigma into pride. This book is an invaluable resource in the ongoing discourse on the clinical management of intersexuality.
*assistant professor, Program in Human Sexuality, University of Minnesota Medical*

With sensitivity and solid critical analysis, Intersex and Identity brings to the fore the long-ignored voices of people with intersex conditions. This is an important and accessible book for all, including patients, parents, clinicians, activists, scholars, and novice students.
*Founder of the Intersex Society of North America*

In Intersex and Identity Preves has produced the most up-to-date, comprehensive account available of what it is like to grow up and live with a body that isn't simply male or female. This work is compassionate, intelligent, and beautifully written, and promises to be well read and highly valued.
*author of Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex*

Sharon Preves's analysis of her interviews with adult intersexuals illuminates the power of the coming out process in transforming stigma into pride. This book is an invaluable resource in the ongoing discourse on the clinical management of intersexuality.
*assistant professor, Program in Human Sexuality, University of Minnesota Medical*