Intersex and Erased Again Review/Thoughts

Upon reading this, I was expecting a left winged angry essay just like the ones I've read in the book, but I enjoyed the piece. The writing style and narrative was easy to follow and well written. Often I find with personal and emotional pieces there seems to be a jagged narrative that crosses over into different subjects that don't correlate to the actual topic. In this case, the whole essay stuck to the issue of intersexual people face. In such a sensitive matter I'll tread carefully and try my best to be politically correct. I have not encountered any phycological or physical issues that a person who was born with two reproductive parts so in some parts when reading this essay I found it hard to agree with. Not because I feel I'm against the topic but because I just can't relate. There's one point that left me puzzled when the author says that they were born with both reproductive parts one in the inside and one on the outside they didn't let her choose. While I understand when your in a situation like that the person should decide what gender they prefer to identify with for their lives, but when you are born you can not choose. Since you are a baby, I do feel it should be up to the parents to decide until your older to see what you'd like to identify as. As someone looking through the outside in I sensed a tone of resentment or victimization. One that I found injust especially since no parent would purposely put stress on the child. In regards to the laws and views of the Trump administration I rather not touch on.