Friday, August 29, 2008
News AJC on intersex cop
Posted by Mara Shalhoup on Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:36 PM
AJC.com published a really interesting story today about an Atlanta cop who recently learned she is intersex, meaning she appeared to have the anatomy of a girl at birth and later developed "external sexual anatomy that appears to be a blend of a man’s and woman’s."
Genetic testing conducted earlier this year showed that the officer, Darlene Harris, carries the XY chromosomes of a male.
Sounds very close to the plot line of Jeffrey Eugenides' 2002 Pulitzer-winning novel, Middlesex. Eugenides' intersex protagonist, Calliope, has 5-alpha-reductase deficiency — which, judging from its Wikipedia entry, closely approximates to Harris' condition.
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I am writing on behalf of the Organisation Intersex International to add a link to OII, the largest grassroots intersex organisation in the world. ISNA is now defunct. Our link is http://www.intersexualite.org Kind regards, Curtis E. Hinkle Founder, Organisation Intersex International http://www.intersexualite.org/
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