Esther Morris Leidolf
Esther Morris Leidolf is a medical sociologist,[1] an intersex activist, US-based writer, the founder of the MRKH Organization, and was the board secretary for the Intersex Society of North America.[2][3]
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | activist writer speaker |
Website | http://mrkh.org |
Career
Esther Morris Leidolf is a US-based medical sociologist and health worker,[1] writer, the founder of the MRKH Organization, and was the board secretary for the now-defunct Intersex Society of North America.[2][3] In her roles with ISNA and MRKH Organization, Morris Leidolf spoke at conferences and events, including the LGBTI Health Summit.[4] Her works include The Missing Vagina Monologue.[5][6][7] She has stated,
"Being born without a vagina was not my problem. Having to get one was the real problem."[2]
Alongside other activists, Morris Leidolf was critical of a 2006 shift in clinical language from intersex to disorders of sex development.[8][9] She also appears in the award-winning 2012 documentary Intersexion and the 2019 Global MRKH Footprint video .
Selected bibliography
- Morris Leidolf, Esther; Curran, Megan; Scout; Bradford, Judith (May 2008). "Intersex Mental Health and Social Support Options in Pediatric Endocrinology Training Programs". Journal of Homosexuality. 54 (3): 233–242. doi:10.1080/00918360801982074. ISSN 0091-8369. PMID 18825861.
- Leidolf, Esther Morris (July 2006). "The Missing Vagina Monologue … and Beyond". Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy. 10 (2): 77–92. doi:10.1300/J236v10n02_05. ISSN 0891-7140.
- Morris, Esther (February 2, 2004). "The self I will never know". New Internationalist. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- Morris, Esther (March 2001). "The Missing Vagina Monologue". Sojourner: The Women's Forum. 26 (7). ISSN 0191-8699.
References
- Morris Leidolf, Esther; Curran, Megan; Scout; Bradford, Judith (May 2008). "Intersex Mental Health and Social Support Options in Pediatric Endocrinology Training Programs". Journal of Homosexuality. 54 (3): 233–242. doi:10.1080/00918360801982074. ISSN 0091-8369. PMID 18825861.
- "Intersex Activists Respond to "The Vagina Monologues"". Intersex Society of North America. January 7, 2002. Missing or empty
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(help) - "Esther Morris Leidolf". Our Bodies Our Selves. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- "Intersex Prominently Featured in the LGBTI Health Summit". Intersex Initiative. Aug 22, 2004. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- Still, Brian (2008). Online Intersex Communities: Virtual Neighborhoods of Support and Activism. Cambia Press. p. 115. ISBN 9781604975925.
- Santos, Ana Lúcia (October 2014). "Beyond Binarism? Intersex as an Epistemological and Political Challenge*". RCCS Annual Review (6). doi:10.4000/rccsar.558. ISSN 1647-3175.
- Zaccone, Laura A. (2010). "Policing the Policing of Intersex Bodies: Softening the Lines in Title IX Athletic Programs". Brooklyn Law Review. 76 (76).
- Davis, Georgiann (September 2015). Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis. NYU Press. p. 45. ISBN 9781479887040.
- Koch, Michaela (2017). Discursive Intersexions: Daring Bodies between Myth, Medicine, and Memoir. transcript Verlag. p. 138. ISBN 9783839437056.