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beckyg · 25th Jul 2008, 07:48 AM

This is a repeat but it is well worth watching. Today on Oprah!

http://www.oprah.com/dated/oprahshow/oprahshow_20070921

Tim · 25th Jul 2008, 08:01 AM

This is the only episode of Oprah I actually watched, saw it not too long ago, it really does make you think about what they go through on a daily basis.

25th Jul 2008, 10:45 AM

i watched something on a documentary channel called My Shocking Story - Which Sex Am I?, i think it might have been DMAX...anyhoo, yeah, i found it quite powerful. I admire the parents, it must be an awful decision to have to make, whether to choose your child's sex and if you do, which gender to make your child. I don't think i would be able to cope, i think that i would never be able to choose and not feel guilty, and just think 'would they be happier if they were male/female..?'

beckyg · 25th Jul 2008, 10:53 AM

I believe medical professionals are encouraging parents to wait until the child is older before having any kind of surgery. That way they get a better feel of what gender the child identifies more closely with. There are cases of parents choosing the wrong gender which causes big problems for the child. Not good.

Sam · 25th Jul 2008, 12:10 PM

I would wait until the child was older because there are cases like becky said where the parents choose the wrong sex. Can you imagine if you were intersex and your parents chose the wrong sex? That would be terrible. I'll try to watch it today.

lolz · 25th Jul 2008, 12:55 PM

looks lke i just caught it.. on in 5 minutes

i think it is going to be interesting

LornTehViking · 30th Jul 2008, 09:22 PM

I watched that.
Extremely interesting, but still somehow heartbreaking.

25th Jul 2008, 07:48 AM	#1
beckyg PFLAG Mom Community Liaison Gender: Female Orientation: Straight Out Status: Out to everyone/Yes, parents come out too! Location: Middle of Oregon Age: 50 Posts: 7,572 Join Date: Mar 2007	Growing up Intersex This is a repeat but it is well worth watching. Today on Oprah! http://www.oprah.com/dated/oprahshow/oprahshow_20070921 __________________ "When we're free to love anyone we choose, When this worlds big enough for all different views, When we're all free to worship from our own kind of pew, Then we shall be free" ~ Garth Brooks

25th Jul 2008, 08:01 AM	#2
Tim Psycho Glitter Btch Full Member Gender:* Guy, Unless Life Was a Horrible April Fools Joke. Orientation: Gay/Asexual/Confusing to Explain Out Status: Armed and Fabulous! XD Location: California Age: 23 Posts: 7,379 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: Growing up Intersex This is the only episode of Oprah I actually watched, saw it not too long ago, it really does make you think about what they go through on a daily basis. __________________ Rawr! :3 ~The Stalker User Known As Tim~ Rawr! :3 EC's Sailor Star Healer, Oxymoron and All. Star Sensitive Inferno! Sailor Starlight, Stage On! [Vic] 7:49 pm: I keep my pants off in public.

25th Jul 2008, 10:45 AM	#3
nodoubtjunkie Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Growing up Intersex i watched something on a documentary channel called My Shocking Story - Which Sex Am I?, i think it might have been DMAX...anyhoo, yeah, i found it quite powerful. I admire the parents, it must be an awful decision to have to make, whether to choose your child's sex and if you do, which gender to make your child. I don't think i would be able to cope, i think that i would never be able to choose and not feel guilty, and just think 'would they be happier if they were male/female..?'

25th Jul 2008, 10:53 AM	#4
beckyg PFLAG Mom Community Liaison Gender: Female Orientation: Straight Out Status: Out to everyone/Yes, parents come out too! Location: Middle of Oregon Age: 50 Posts: 7,572 Join Date: Mar 2007	Re: Growing up Intersex I believe medical professionals are encouraging parents to wait until the child is older before having any kind of surgery. That way they get a better feel of what gender the child identifies more closely with. There are cases of parents choosing the wrong gender which causes big problems for the child. Not good. __________________ "When we're free to love anyone we choose, When this worlds big enough for all different views, When we're all free to worship from our own kind of pew, Then we shall be free" ~ Garth Brooks

25th Jul 2008, 12:10 PM	#5
Sam "define normal" Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: out to most, ask and I'll tell Location: Oklahoma Age: 25 Posts: 1,206 Join Date: Aug 2006	Re: Growing up Intersex I would wait until the child was older because there are cases like becky said where the parents choose the wrong sex. Can you imagine if you were intersex and your parents chose the wrong sex? That would be terrible. I'll try to watch it today. __________________ Love knows no gender, it has no boundaries, it is blind yet everyday I wake up to a world of hate and little acceptance, it's sad that I'm hated not for who I am but for who I love~ me (Sam)

25th Jul 2008, 12:55 PM	#6
lolz Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Immediate Family, all close friends Location: Michigan Age: 18 Posts: 143 Join Date: Jun 2008	Re: Growing up Intersex looks lke i just caught it.. on in 5 minutes i think it is going to be interesting

30th Jul 2008, 09:22 PM	#7
LornTehViking Banned Gender: I walk on the line you're not 'supposed' to cross. Orientation: Gay Out Status: I wasn't ever in. Location: Bumblefuck, Illinois Posts: 997 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: Growing up Intersex I watched that. Extremely interesting, but still somehow heartbreaking.

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