Hida Viloria: Difference between revisions

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|publisher=~~Intersex Society of North America~~

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}}</ref> reaching audiences of over one hundred million via appearances in various documentaries about intersex people, including the first ''Hermaphrodites Speak!'', and most notably on ABC's ''20/20'',<ref name="Controversy">{{REFnews

|title=Controversy Over Operating to Change Ambiguous Genitalia

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|Text=While some doctors and parents are, according to supporters of the term like Chase (co-author of the DSD Guidelines and founder and director of ISNA), more comfortable referring to us as having "disorders" than associating with a label supported by homosexuals and transsexuals, I do not believe adopting a pathologizing label to distance ourselves from these groups is a solution, to say the least.... I know that it would have harmed my self-esteem to be raised under a term which named my difference a 'disorder.' Even complete ignorance about what to call myself was preferable as I was able to form positive beliefs about my unique qualities.

|Text=While some doctors and parents are, according to supporters of the term like Chase (co-author of the DSD Guidelines and founder and director of [[ISNA]]), more comfortable referring to us as having "disorders" than associating with a label supported by homosexuals and transsexuals, I do not believe adopting a pathologizing label to distance ourselves from these groups is a solution, to say the least.... I know that it would have harmed my self-esteem to be raised under a term which named my difference a 'disorder.' Even complete ignorance about what to call myself was preferable as I was able to form positive beliefs about my unique qualities.

|Author=Hida Viloria

|ref=<ref>{{REFweb

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 }}</ref> reaching audiences of over one hundred million via appearances in various documentaries about intersex people, including the first ''Hermaphrodites Speak!'', and most notably on ABC's ''20/20'',<ref name="Controversy">{{REFnews
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-  |Text=While some doctors and parents are, according to supporters of the term like Chase (co-author of the DSD Guidelines and founder and director of ISNA), more comfortable referring to us as having "disorders" than associating with a label supported by homosexuals and transsexuals, I do not believe adopting a pathologizing label to distance ourselves from these groups is a solution, to say the least....  I know that it would have harmed my self-esteem to be raised under a term which named my difference a 'disorder.' Even complete ignorance about what to call myself was preferable as I was able to form positive beliefs about my unique qualities.
+  |Text=While some doctors and parents are, according to supporters of the term like Chase (co-author of the DSD Guidelines and founder and director of [[ISNA]]), more comfortable referring to us as having "disorders" than associating with a label supported by homosexuals and transsexuals, I do not believe adopting a pathologizing label to distance ourselves from these groups is a solution, to say the least....  I know that it would have harmed my self-esteem to be raised under a term which named my difference a 'disorder.' Even complete ignorance about what to call myself was preferable as I was able to form positive beliefs about my unique qualities.
   |Author=Hida Viloria
   |ref=<ref>{{REFweb