People with variations of sex characteristics (VSC) are born with chromosomal, gonadal, and/or anatomical diversities that do not fit the typical definition of male or female. This book develops a social science of VSC, Intersex, and Disorders of Sex Development (DSD).

Issues of bodily autonomy, sex, gender, and sexuality are highly topical. Yet, little is heard about people with VSCs, or the unique issues they face. This book is a collaborative project between intersex and endosex (nonintersex) authors that gives uninitiated readers a way into the complex debates surrounding IVSC. It breaks new ground theoretically whilst also presenting novel empirical material from a range of international sources. Issues of power, discrimination, identity, and agency are key to understanding the current situation for people with VSCs.

Bridging between intersex studies, medical literatures, and broader social science debates, this text will be of interest to those working in practice and policy positions, as well as students and scholars across a range of disciplines, especially those studying social inequality, embodiment, healthcare, sex and gender, LGBTQ+ issues, disability, globalisation, and political change.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction to Variations of Sex Characteristics, Intersex, and DSD

2. Intersex, Variations of Sex Characteristics, DSD: Understanding people?s lived experiences

3. Intersex, Variations of Sex Characteristics and DSD: Social Theories

4. Intersex, Variations of Sex Characteristics and DSD: Critical approaches to medicine and healthcare

5. Intersex, Variations of Sex Characteristics, DSD: Activism, Advocacy and Alliances

6. Intersex, Variations of Sex Characteristics and DSD: International dynamics

7. Intersex, Innate Variations of Sex Characteristics, and DSD: Human Rights, Equalities and Citizenship

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Sociology in general, methodology, handbooks (charity campaign)

Social issues, social work (charity campaign)

Psychiatry, mental disorders (charity campaign)

Literary theory (charity campaign)

Further readings in medicine (charity campaign)

Gender studies (charity campaign)

Cultural studies (charity campaign)

Intersex, Variations of Sex Characteristics, DSD

People with variations of sex characteristics (VSC) are born with chromosomal, gonadal and/or anatomical diversities that do not fit the typical definition of male or female. This book develops a social science of VSC, Intersex, and Disorders of Sex Development (DSD).