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On this edition of OutCasting, we talk with two eminent authorities on intersex who are intersex themselves: Dr. Georgiann Davis, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the board president of InterACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, and Dr. Cary Gabriel Costello, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and the coordinator of the LGBT Studies Program there.
In this episode, we look into questions like: How does the medical profession deal with intersex people? What kinds of discrimination to intersex people experience? Is it a medical emergency if a baby is born with intersex traits? Is it justifiable to perform life-affecting elective surgery on an infant simply to try to eliminate his or her intersex traits? Can an intersex people just be allowed to grow up with their intersex traits intact? Join us for this fascinating discussion.
Credits:
OutCasting youth participants Alex, Andrea, Dante, Dhruv, Griffin, Lauren, Lucas, Quinn, Nico, Max, Sam. Assistant producers Alex Mintz and Josh Valle; executive producer Marc Sophos.
