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Jan 2021
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Intersex surgeries: Consent, shame and a...

THE TIMES
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Should surgery to alter the reproductive organs of children who are born intersex be stopped?


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Guests:

Faye Kirkland - investigative journalist and a GP.

Sara Gillingham - A woman born with intersex traits.


Host: Manveen Rana. 

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