I recently had the opportunity to speak to someone directly about our experiences when my kid was born. It was an amazing feeling to be able to open up to someone who understood already so much of what I was talking about. So I may have talked a fair bit…ok I talked a LOT but it was worth it.
And it highlighted to me that what parents of intersex kids need is a space away from the people pressuring them to do a surgery on their kid. They need support to know that surgery is far from the best option. They need to know there’s time to wait. They need to know that doing a cosmetic surgery on their child without that child’s consent isn’t ok.
That’s how we protect intersex kids. By supporting the parents to make the better choice.
Parenting An Intersex Kid 