Analyse af dokumentaren 'Intersexion: Boy or Girl?'

An analysis of the documentary: Intersexion: Boy or Girl? (Intersex Documentary) | Real Stories

Being caught in between, and never feeling understood or just not have anyone to talk openly to. That is a hard reality for many intersex people. Even before they could talk for themselves, doctors, parents and everyone around them felt like they had a saying. This documentary from 2012 follows Mani Mitchell and their community of intersex people. John Keir is the producer of the documentary, and it is written and directed by Grant Lahood. They shed a light on the violations of basic human rights intersex people have had to face, having to be ashamed of who they are.

Mani Mitchell was born in New Zealand in 1953 and when Mani was born the nurses and midwifes said that Mani was a hermaphrodite, and it did not take long before the doctors said to Mani’s parents they should raise Mani as a boy, and then a year later the. Doctors decided that now Mani was a girl, and now they should raise Mani as a girl. This is just one example of how many intersex children are being thrown between gender to gender before their umbilical cord was even cut.