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'There's no shame in being intersex – and that's beautiful'

FRANCE24, 08 Jan 2021
For years, parents of intersex babies – babies born with a combination of female and male biological characteristics – were encouraged to get "gender normalising" surgery. But intersex advocates are increasingly speaking out against what they say can be a damaging – and irreversible – practice. Ori Turner, who uses the pronouns they/them, is intersex. They spoke to FRANCE 24 alongside their mother Kristina Turner.

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