Surf these sites: A site for the UK Turner Society. -- (United Kingdom) Contains support, information on hormone replacement therapy for folks with Turner''s, health issues for women with TS, personal stories and more. Abnormal Sex Differentiaton -- This site will help parents and patients understand intersexuality and the challenges that accompany syndromes of "abnormal" sex differentiation. From the Johns Hopkins Children''s Center. Check for Mutilation on Return -- (All) An installation by South African artist Stuart Barnes which examines the medical discourse around intersex infant surgeries. "In the catalogue for his exhibition, Stuart Barnes states that "in a university, library books on the subject of ambiguous sex have suffered a history of violence: they have been mutilated. Pages have been torn and images of intersex genitalia excised from them. As a preventative measure they have been shelved in a locked office behind the library''s reference desk. Still available for loan upon specific request, they have been issued with stamps that state in bold type, ''to be shelved at the reference desk. Check for mutilation on return.''" Cushing''s Support and Research Foundation -- (CS) Providing information and support for Cushing''s Disease and Cushing''s Syndrome patients and their families. Find others with XXY -- (KS) A great support, bonding, and resource site for people with Klinefelter''s syndrome. GIRES: The Gender Identity Research & Education Society -- (All) Registered UK charity that sponsors research and education on gender identity. Guide to Medical Intersexuality Vocabulary -- "ambiguous genitalia: Genitalia that refuse to declare their sex to doctors--no doubt on the principle that under interrogation by the enemy you should give only name, rank, and serial number." INTERSEXISM IN SPORTS -- Information about the condition in amateur and Olympic performance. Includes a human rights perspective. Information:Friends & Family -- Information for family,friends, teachers and others who care about a girl with Turner''s Syndrome Intersex 101 -- Frequently Asked Questions We Have Heard From Non-Intersexed People MRKH Listserv and Online Support Group Homepage -- (MRKH) "A discussion group(?) for women with this condition. These women are XX females with ovaries but lack of vaginal, and often uterine development. There seems to be some overlap with a condition known as Mullerian (Duct) Dysgenesis. They may be the same thing?" (medhelp.org''s description) Salon Health | Sex police -- (All) Sex police: The biology of sex is being hotly debated, as parents, doctors and researchers reevaluate what it means to be male and female. An article about ''gender reinforcement'' surgery by a subscriber to the US branch of the AIS Support Group. The Discussion Forum -- (AS) The Discussion Forum for folks with Addison''s Syndrome The Genetic Interest Group -- (All) UK-based organisation that aims to increase the public/government profile of genetic conditions. The AIS Support Group (UK) is affiliated to GIG. The ISNA Intersex FAQ -- Frequently (or infrequently) Asked Questions about intersex and the Intersex Society of North America The Sex That Dare Not Speak Its Name -- (all) A long article by Emily Nussbaum in the current issue of Lingua Franca details the rise of the increasingly successful intersex social justice movement, its alliances with humanists and social scientists in the academy, and growing pockets of change within the medical community. Welcome to the Intersex Society of North America -- (All) The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is a peer support, education, and advocacy group founded and operated by and for intersexuals: individuals born with anatomy or physiology which differs from cultural ideals of male and female. Welcome to the Intersex Voices Information Page -- (All) The Intersex Voices page is written by intersexed people... What you will find here are our voices, our experiences, our views and feeling about ourselves, our lives in the past and in the present. http://www.wwww.com/intersexual/ -- Transexual and intersexual medical information.
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