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"Corrective" surgery for intersex children is now a regular medical practice.

Date: 1950

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By the mid-20th century, "corrective" surgery, led by a team at Johns Hopkins, has become the primary medical strategy for "treating" intersex infants.

With this invasive surgery, an infant's genitalia is operated on to match their supposed "true sex," or the sex determined either by their doctor, their parents, or both together.