When Sean Saifa Wall was 13, a doctor recommended to his mother that Wall’s male-typical genitals be removed and that he begin feminizing hormone therapy.He says his late mother agreed to the surgery and treatment, but Wall adds that his mother picked the wrong gender for him.”Receiving my medical records and really learning about what…
At the same time that these bills ban gender-affirming care for trans kids, they carve out exceptions to allow doctors to continue to perform medically unnecessary treatments on intersex infants intended to make them fit into the categories of male and female—long before they are old enough to express any form of gender identity. “Intersex”…
When she was six years old, Hibo Wardere was mutilated – she was cut. On that day, she became one of more than 200 million women and girls worldwide who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=957vtfQvuQg&t=8s[/embed] When she was six years old, Hibo Wardere was mutilated – she was cut. On that day, she became one of more than 200 million women and girls worldwide who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In this film, Hibo discusses the days leading up to being cut – the celebration and joy -…
Hannah then explained her problems for the past two years. Hannah says in the video, “She [the OB-GYN] was like, ‘I know why you’re having these problems. It’s clear as day: You were stitched wrong.'” Hannah says that her new OB-GYN explained that the opening to her vagina was much smaller than it should be…
