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TSN's Darren Dreger reported on Twitter that Toronto GM Brian Burke said Phaneuf will be out at least four weeks.
Preparing for the Toronto Maple Leafs Katie Carrera 2010
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Alice Dreger discusses a few bioethical issues with engineering sexual orientation in Psychology Today, but here's the one that gets to the heart of the issue:
Alex Blaze: The Sad Lengths Some Go to Avoid Having a Lesbian Daughter 2010
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The site has been launched to protest the replacement of the term “intersex” by “disorder of sex development” (DSD); a proposal made by theIntersex Society of North America (ISNA)/Alice Dreger.
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The site has been launched to protest the replacement of the term “intersex” by “disorder of sex development” (DSD); a proposal made by theIntersex Society of North America (ISNA)/Alice Dreger.
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And Andrea James herself looks to have had a bit of a run-in with Dreger too (link).
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Alice Dreger, on the Hasting Center blog, alerts us to Dr. Maria New, who's been giving the experimental medication dexamethasone (dex) to pregnant women concerned their child might have congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH, an adrenal condition that results sometimes in intersexuality in girls, rarely in death, sometimes in life-long medication, but has also been associated with tomboyishness and lesbianism) without informed consent.
Alex Blaze: The Sad Lengths Some Go to Avoid Having a Lesbian Daughter 2010
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Dreger, who's been working to get the off-label use banned, also found that New is selling the treatment as a way of preventing daughters from growing up lesbian and making sure that girls will be willing to enjoy sex submit to men and produce babies:
Alex Blaze: The Sad Lengths Some Go to Avoid Having a Lesbian Daughter 2010
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Yes, I figured you already knew about Dreger, Bailey, and Lawrence because of the Man Who Would be King.
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Dreger goes on to describe how these doctors 'goal is to make girls conform to the heterosexist expectations of their parents:
Alex Blaze: The Sad Lengths Some Go to Avoid Having a Lesbian Daughter 2010
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Alice Dreger was a bit of a new name to me, however.
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