There is often medical pressure on parents of intersex children to have their child's gender reassigned at birth, based on cultural ideas of gender. When Rosie was born, Eric and Stephani Lohman decided to not have her gender reassigned. Part memoir, part guide, this book gives much needed information for parents of children born intersex children.
There is often medical pressure on parents of intersex children to have their child's gender reassigned at birth, based on cultural ideas of gender. When Rosie was born, Eric and Stephani Lohman decided to not have her gender reassigned. Part memoir, part guide, this book gives much needed information for parents of children born intersex children.
Eric Lohman, has a PhD. in Media Studies and is lecturer and researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, focusing on gender, race, and class in the mass media. Stephani Lohman, BS, BScN. works as an infection prevention nurse, and has degrees in chemistry, biology, and nursing. She's worked in health care and sciences for 10 years.
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Introduction. 1. Our Growing Family. 2. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH). 3. Resisting Surgery. 4. Waiting is Easy. 5. The Future of Intersex Children.