Raising Rosie
- AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 2019 STONEWALL HONOR BOOK When their daughter Rosie was born
- Eric and Stephani Lohman found themselves thrust into a situation they were not prepared for
- Born intersex a term that describes people who are born with a variety of physical characteristics that do not fit neatly into traditional conceptions about male and female bodies Rosie's parents were pressured to consent to normalizing surgery on Rosie
- Without being offered any alternatives despite their concerns
- Part memoir
- Part guidebook
- This powerful book tells the authors' experience of refusing to have Rosie operated on and how they raised a child who is intersex
- The book looks at how they spoke about the condition to friends and family
- To Rosie's teachers and caregivers
- And shows how they plan on explaining it to Rosie when she is older
