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Article: Reference to intersex workers praised.(Letters)(Brief Article)
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- Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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I am writing to express my amazement and joy at seeing intersex people acknowledged in the article 'Queer' Workers to Get Together Next Month, (Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, February 2005, p21).
Intersex is an umbrella term for people born with genital variation that deviates from a cultural "norm". Standard medical practice has been to subject these babies/children/adults to surgical and ...