Stories
- Article
Journeying home
A serious health scare was the catalyst to Chris beginning the process of understanding his experiences more clearly, and using that new insight to help other intersex people.
- Article
Born different
For Chris North, being born intersex in the 1940s meant his many childhood hospital visits, tests and operations were not explained or discussed. As he reveals, doctors encouraged strict secrecy.
- Article
Wonder years
The confusion and secrecy surrounding his condition seriously affected Chris’s mental health, blighting his teenage years. But somehow he began to hope and plan for the future.
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Ways appear
While his sense of body shame meant the personal side of his life was unfulfilled, Chris’s career was rewarding. His own childhood experiences gave him profound empathy for the children he worked with.
Catalogue
- Books
Interdisciplinary and global perspectives on intersex / Megan Walker, editor.
Date: [2022]- Books
Born both : an intersex life / Hida Viloria.
Viloria, HidaDate: 2017- Books
Contesting intersex : the dubious diagnosis / Georgiann Davis.
Davis, GeorgiannDate: [2015]- Ephemera
Aurora : Croydon's LGBT police consultation group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex and trans people with an interest in Croydon / Aurora.
Date: 2009- Pictures
- Online
Heart: three figures, and the genital area of supposed intersex people: two figures. Line engraving by Campbell, 1816/1821.
Campbell.Date: [1816/1821]Reference: 561246i