Supporting Youth With a Range of Urogenital Traits w/ Drs. Whitehead and Papadakis
The E(Queer)ity Podcast por Renée Brown
Notas del episodio
In our final installment for season 2, I speak w/ Dr. J Whitehead and Dr. Jackie Papadakis, a pediatric endocrinologist and child psychologist working at @luriechildrens SPROUT clinic (Supportive Program for a Range of Urogenital Traits), to highlight care for youth born intersex. Every year, children may be born with intersex traits. In addition, a person may discover they are intersex later in life after experiencing puberty or experiencing infertility. We discuss the need to lessen stigma in healthcare regarding intersex traits as well as the expansion of autonomy for intersex people to live in their bodies. Intersex traits are not medical problems. They often are a result of larger diagnoses that may affect bodily development, but are not necessary ...