Stories
- 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
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.
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Busting myths about turkey-baster babies
The popular idea of sex-free, turkey-baster-led conception has been around since the 1970s. Christine Ro goes beyond the utensils drawer to find out if it’s ever really happened.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Notebook on Fingerprint Pattern Size and the Sex Chromosomes
Date: Dec 1966Reference: PENROSE/2/43/1/2Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Notes for Seminar on "Epidermal Ridges and the Sex Chromosomes"
Date: May 1968Reference: PENROSE/2/42/5/1Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Books
Sex in relation to chromosomes and genes / Calvin B. Bridges.
Bridges, Calvin B. (Calvin Blackman), 1889-1938.Date: 1959- Books
The chromosomes in man, sex and somatic / by Herbert M. Evans and Olive Swezy.
Evans, Herbert M. (Herbert McLean), 1882-1971.Date: 1929- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Notebooks Relating to Chromosomes
Date: 1965-1966Reference: PENROSE/2/43/1Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers