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Les sujets intersexes peuvent-ils (se) penser ?

Socio, 2017
Intersex persons are eclipsed by social myths on hermaphrodism and the third sex. However, some who have politicised themselves are demanding that non-consensual interventions practiced by medicine on them in order to conform their bodies to the male and
Janik Bastien Charlebois
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From Harmful Practices and Instrumentalisation, towards Legislative Protections and Community-Owned Healthcare Services: The Context and Goals of the Intersex Movement in Australia

Social Sciences
People with innate variations of sex characteristics (also known as intersex traits or disorders or differences of sex development) have any of a wide range of innate physical traits that differ from medical and social norms for female and male bodies ...
Morgan Carpenter
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Cuestionamiento de dinámicas de patologización y exclusión discursiva desde perspectivas trans e intersex

Revista de Estudios Sociales, 2014
In opposition to a research tradition 'on' trans and intersex people without their participation, a discursive production has emerged over the last decades from theoretical-activist trans and intersex perspectives which contributes reflections and ...
Amets Suess
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Insight into the Possible Formation Mechanism of the Intersex Phenotype of Lanzhou Fat-Tailed Sheep Using Whole-Genome Resequencing

Animals, 2020
Intersex, also known as hermaphroditism, is a serious hazard to animal husbandry and production. The mechanism of ovine intersex formation is not clear.
Jie Li, Han Xu, Xinfeng Liu, Hongwei Xu, Yong Cai, Xianyong Lan   +5 more
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Lifespan healthcare transitions among individuals with intersex traits in Canada: a mixed-methods and qualitative study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To: (1) complete an integrative literature review of transition studies that focus on individuals with intersex traits; (2) conduct an environmental scan of the current resources (practice guidelines, policies and procedures) used by ...
Jean-Pierre Chanoine, Caroline Sanders, Tiffany Jones, Emma Amyot, Megan Usipuik, Leigh Crawford, Nina Callens   +6 more
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Intersex rights in the Western Balkans and Greece [PDF]

Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu
In 2022 Greece became the fifth country in the world to ban harmful interventions and treatments on intersex infants and children. Previously, Malta, Portugal, Germany and Iceland also legally banned harmful interventions on intersex persons.
Pikramenou Nikoletta, Simić Jelena
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Intersex Epistemologies? Reviewing Relevant Perspectives in Intersex Studies

Social Sciences
Over the last decades, intersex studies has achieved increasing development as a field of critical knowledge, in tight collaboration with discourses developed by intersex activism and human rights bodies.
Amets Suess-Schwend
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Intersex goats show different gene expression levels in the hypothalamus and pituitary compared with non‐intersex goats based on RNA‐Seq

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2022
The conditions for sex reversal in vertebrate species have been extensively studied, and the results highlighted numerous key factors involved in sex differentiation.
Haoyuan Han, Shuai Yang, Jun Li, Jinyan Zhao, Hongfang Wei, Si Ha, Wantao Li, Congcong Li, Kai Quan   +8 more
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“I’ve had constant fears that I’ll get cancer”: the construction and experience of medical intervention on intersex bodies to reduce cancer risk

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being
Purpose This paper examines the subjective experience of medical interventions on intersex bodies to reduce cancer risk. Methods Twenty-five individuals with intersex variations took part in semi-structured interviews, analysed through thematic discourse
Jane M. Ussher, Morgan Carpenter, Rosalie Power, Samantha Ryan, Kimberley Allison, Bonnie Hart, Alexandra Hawkey, Janette Perz   +7 more
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Cultural Awareness of Intersex in Malta: Invisibility, Stigma and Epistemic Injustice

Social Sciences
In 2015, Malta introduced ground-breaking legal reform designed to protect the bodily integrity of intersex infants in Malta. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with healthcare professionals, lawyers, policy-makers and advocates, this article ...
Claudia Bartolo Tabone, Fae Garland, Mitchell Travis   +2 more
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