6 December 2010
MELBOURNE scientists have discovered that the alteration of a single gene causes some male embryos to develop as females. Sex development disorders, which can cause gender confusion, occur in one in 4500 births – or 16 babies born in Victoria every year. Lead Melbourne researcher Prof Andrew Sinclair, of Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, said the [...]
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6 November 2010
Publication: Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. Volume 23, Issue 8, Pages 789–805, ISSN (Online) 2191-0251, ISSN (Print) 0334-018X, DOI: 10.1515/jpem.2010.129, /August/2010 Authors: Katrina Karkazis Anne Tamar-Mattis Alexander A. Kon Institutions: Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA Advocates for Informed Choice, Cotati, CA, USA Department of Pediatrics and the Program in [...]
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Video: Intersex documentary “Intersexion (Is He Or Isn’t She?)”
18 July 2011LONG-AWAITED documentary about the experiences of a number of intersex people around the world, Intersexion (Is He Or Isn’t She?), is now available online at YouTube.com and we have embedded the videos in this news item for your convenience. The film was made for New Zealand television broadcaster TV One by Grant Lahood with the [...]