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Allyship To The Intersex Community On Nonconsensual Genital "Normalizing" Surgery, Robert Hupf Jr

Robert Hupf Jr

The fight against nonconsensual genital “normalizing” surgery, a primary concern of the intersex community, has gained traction within recent years but needs more support from the larger LGBTQ movement. Using an allyship framework, this Article argues that any such support be based on the lived experiences, concerns, and voices of the intersex community itself; in the past, well-intentioned efforts have advocated for solutions other than those sought after by the community, oftentimes resulting in negligible or even harmful results. The solution sought after by the intersex community is an immediate moratorium on the practice of nonconsensual genital “normalizing” surgery, a …