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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.

UBC Press Raising Rosie book Paperback 192 pages

There is often medical pressure on parents of intersex children to have their child's gender reassigned at birth, based on cultural ideas of gender. when rosie was born, eric and stephani lohman decided to not have her gender reassigned.

Raising Rosie: Our Story of Parenting an Intersex Child