AJC on intersex cop
August 29, 2008 at 5:36 pm by Mara Shalhoup in NewsAJC.com published a really interesting story today about an Atlanta cop who recently learned she is intersex, meaning she appeared to have the anatomy of a girl at birth and later developed “external sexual anatomy that appears to be a blend of a man’s and woman’s.”
Genetic testing conducted earlier this year showed that the officer, Darlene Harris, carries the XY chromosomes of a male.
Sounds very close to the plot line of Jeffrey Eugenides’ 2002 Pulitzer-winning novel, Middlesex. Eugenides’ intersex protagonist, Calliope, has 5-alpha-reductase deficiency — which, judging from its Wikipedia entry, closely approximates to Harris’ condition.
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August 30th, 2008 at 1:41 am
You were being facetious when you wrote this post, right Mara?
September 21st, 2008 at 9:04 pm
I am writing on behalf of the Organisation Intersex International to add a link to OII, the largest grassroots intersex organisation in the world. ISNA is now defunct.
Our link is
http://www.intersexualite.org
Kind regards,
Curtis E. Hinkle
Founder, Organisation Intersex International
http://www.intersexualite.org/