The Intersex Roadshow
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

On Eugenic Abortion of the Intersex

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A century ago, eugenics, the science of breeding "better" humans, was considered the "queen of the sciences." Then ...
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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Testosterone and the Sex Policing of Athletes' Bodies

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New policies for Olympic and other international athletes set an upper limit to the amount of testosterone considered "normal...
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Saturday, December 21, 2013

A Seasonal Thought

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Apparently 0.8% of American mothers report that they became pregnant as virgins. The likelihood that some of these mothers had in fact had...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Hypospadias: Intersexuality and Gender Politics

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If you are looking around for information about intersexuality, one of the first things you're likely to read is that "most interse...
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Just-So Stories about Hermaphrodite Fish

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A central issue that makes life hard for intersex people is invisibility.  Most people are unaware of how comm...
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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Images and Musings Available on Tumblr

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Sometimes I run across images related to intersex matters that make me want to applaud, or to go hide under my bed.  I've decided to sta...
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Trans and Intersex Children: Forced Sex Changes, Chemical Castration, and Self-Determination

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Children’s lives lie at the center of social struggles over trans gender and intersex issues. If you talk with trans and intersex adults ...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

How Common is Intersex Status?

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If you poke around the internet trying to find out how common it is for a person to be intersex, you may well wind up frustrated that nobody...
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Sunday, February 5, 2012

On Sex/Gender Checkboxes

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Day in and day out, sex and gender minorities are boxed in by being confronted with sex/gender checkboxes. This starts the moment we are bo...
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Intersex Fertility

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My daughter was not of woman born. That is a concept that has fascinated people through the ages. My daughter's gestation was p...
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Dr. Cary Gabriel Costello
I'm a sociologist, scaler of boundary walls, and an intersex gender transitioner. Come journey with me! I blog about intersex issues at http://intersexroadshow.blogspot.com/, and about trans issues at http://trans-fusion.blogspot.com/. My general sociology blog is https://asociologicaleye.blogspot.com/. If you are interested in contacting me or having me speak to your organization, please email costello@uwm.edu.
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