I read this story today about a man who went into the hospital for kidney stones and found out he was a woman. Well, at least that's what the title of the story said. All over the web that was the title of the story. However, you have to read the story to get the deeper information.
Steve found out he had female internal organs and a male penis. He is intersex because he has both. He has become an advocate for same sex marriages and intergender people. Stevie (who found out 5 years ago) now lives as Stevie. I'm sure she got her name and gender changed on her license. She is still married and her 6 children and wife support her.
Just a couple things about this story. The title of "he found out he was a woman". That's of course just a titillating title to get you to click on the link. He actually found out he was intersex. But in our black and white society, we don't want to think about a really small percentage on the edge of the pie graph. The other issue (well not really an issue) is what do people against homosexuality or even same sex marriage have to say about this??
You can't throw out the X or Y chromosomes argument because she is BOTH sexes from birth. You can't throw out the procreation argument, because she has 6 children of her own. Although the story infers it, she did not make the transition from Steve to Stevie overnight and did not make it lightly.
I think we as a society are moving, but maybe we need to get off the blacktop road with white stripes and move into that gray mud. It's more difficult to move through, but also more exciting.
-Candi
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