What it means to be intersex

Title:
What it means to be intersex
Speaker:
Susannah Temko
Description:

For intersex people -- those born with sex characteristics outside the traditional definitions of female and male -- the stakes to appear "normal" are high. Drawing on her personal experience, Susannah Temko reveals the shame, prejudice and harm faced by the intersex community, as they're forced to conform to a binary understanding of sex that ultimately hinders their health and well-being. She calls on us all to discard outdated notions of biological sex and accept the complexity within humanity.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
14:04
Csaba Lóki approved Hungarian subtitles for What it means to be intersex
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Natalia Rodina edited Russian subtitles for What it means to be intersex
Natalia Rodina edited Russian subtitles for What it means to be intersex
Natalia Rodina edited Russian subtitles for What it means to be intersex
Peter van de Ven approved Dutch subtitles for What it means to be intersex
Peter van de Ven accepted Dutch subtitles for What it means to be intersex
Peter van de Ven edited Dutch subtitles for What it means to be intersex
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