https://www.ianz.org.nz/ Supporting-parents-of-intersex-youth/ NZ guide for parents of intersex youth/Rangatahi
https://dsdfamilies.org/application/files/4115/3780/1476/Top_Tips_for_Talking.pdf
A resource for talking to your child/tamaiti about their variation.
“Intersexion” documentary. Available at your local library or search online.
https://youthandi.org/ YOUth&I – stories from young people with a VSC.
References
Steers, D. M. 2020. “Gender Mender, Bender or Defender: Understanding Decision-making in Aotearoa/New Zealand for People Born with a Variation in Sex Characteristics.” PhD diss., Uni- versity of Otago. https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/handle/10523/9986
Kerekere, E. 2017. “Part of the whānau: The emergence of takatāpui Identity- He Whāriki Takatāpui” PhD diss, Victoria University. https://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz http://hHdl.handle.net/10063/6369
Lee, P. A., C. P. Houk, S. F. Ahmed, and I. A. Hughes. 2006. “Consensus Statement on Management of Intersex Disorders. International Consensus Conference on Intersex.” Pediatrics 118 (2):e488– e500. doi:10.1542/peds.2006-0738
Lee, P. A., A. Nordenstr€om, C. P. Houk, S. F. Ahmed, R. Auchus, A. Baratz, K. Baratz Dalke, L.-M. Liao, K. Lin-Su, L. H. J. Looijenga, et al. 2016. “Global Disorders of Sex Development Update since 2006: Perceptions, Approach and Care.” Hormone Research in Paediatrics 85 (3):158– 180. doi:10.1159/000442975
New Zealand Human Rights Commission (NZHRC). 2016. Intersex Roundtable Report 2016: The Practice of Genital Normalisation on Intersex Children in Aotearoa New Zealand. https://www. hrc.co.nz/files/5914/8124/9497/HRC_Intersex_Roundtable.pdf
New Zealand Human Rights Commission (NZHRC). 2018. Intersex Roundtable Report 2017: Ending the Practice of Genital Normalisation on Intersex Children in Aotearoa/New Zealand. https://www.hrc.co.nz/files/9615/2270/4142/HRC_Intersex_Roundtable_2017.pdf
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