Man Born Intersex Wishes Irreversible Surgery Hadn’t Been Performed At Birth

(CBS) — We’ve been telling you about families whose children were diagnosed as intersex not clearly male or female. WBBM’s Steve Miller spoke with adults who underwent surgery as newborns and have faced a lifetime of grief.

He was born in 1966 and grew up in a small Indiana town of about 800. His name is Alex McCorry

They will use the analogy that homosexuality is the by-product of a genetic defect and that the fact that a person can be born with both sexual organs proves it because the data lies dormant in "the code". They'll say its not a life choice: that they are just born that way. C'mon you know how these guys think; i shouldnt have to explain it to you

So what would you propose? Let the child go through life with two sets of genitalia?

Before DNA testing, it was up to the parents to make a choice. what happens if they choose wrong? They will have female hormones in a male body or male hormones in your female body.

That's not a lifestyle choice. It is not a transgender issue.

Put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig.
Put a woman's body on a man, he's still a man.
Put a man's body on a woman, she is still a woman.

> So what would you propose? Let the child go through life with two sets of genitalia?

It is what is is. You cant fix everything. This is something they couldnt help. It's different.

Is IS different.

One poor slug born with confused plumbing is completely different than someone with unambiguous gender, straightforward XY chromosomes and normal hormones.

But it can be fixed. The “fix” is not plain and simple; not what we call a cure.

Assigning the correct gender is the crucial first step. I can understand why some parents got it wrong when the only option was boy or girl. Get the gender wrong and the baby is in for a tough road ahead.

DNA testing is but one of the tools used. Blood tests. Does the baby have abnormal hormone levels? X-rays. Does the baby have ovaries or testes? Even then gender assignment may not be a clear cut decision. But it is a decision to be made with as much information as possible.

This is not just an anatomical defect, there are different causes, one of which is Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. I worked with someone whose daughter was born with this condition The main part of her treatment was treatment with corticosteroids.

http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/childrens_health_issues/birth_defects/genital_defects.html

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003269.htm

I would not like to think anyone would go home with the baby saying " it is what it is."

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