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US Medical Association Stands Against Unnecessary Intersex Surgeries
September 17, 2018
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following report:

By Kyle Knight

Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), one of the United States' oldest and largest medical organizations, has issued a policy opposing medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children.

"Intersex" refers to the up to 1.7 percent of the population born with a range of b . . .

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