What Is the Currently Accepted Best Practice Regarding the Treatment

question 66

Multiple Choice

What is the currently accepted best practice regarding the treatment of intersex children, or those with ambiguous genitalia?

• A) Have parents choose the desired sex and carry out surgery as early as possible.
• B) Have parents choose the desired sex and teach the child to identify as that sex.
• C) Wait until the child is old enough to participate in irreversible gender-identity decisions.
• D) Raise the child as though he or she is normal, and ignore any gender-identity situations that result.
• E) Raise the child as the desired sex, and use him or her as a "poster child" to educate the public on intersex conditions.