中间性 - 怎样对待中间性

坚持不懈的变革

在最近的数十年里，中间性的研究已经取得了长足的进步。同样由于中间性援助社团的努力，中间性症状的医学治疗已经变得不那么武断和更加的慎重了。无论如何，在医学治疗方面有这么一种趋势，那就是更倾向于承认病人的权利和让他们在影响自身前途的医学治疗决策方面有了发言权。通过搜索互联网，许多病人也比以往任何时候都具备了更多有关中间性的知识能力。其结果是，在医患关系方面有了一定的改善，在医学临床方面也有了变革。这些进步全都运用到了对待中间性的病人方面。
不过，就中间性本身来说，尚处于转型时期。许多“传统主义者(traditionalists)”不顾不断增加的国际信息交流的现状，仍然固守老旧的观念，况且许多中间性者及其家人仍旧孤立无助和信息闭塞。为了填平仍旧存在的鸿沟，我们要采取多个步骤，尤其采取以下可能成功的步骤：

• 有人已经拟定出对待中间性者的新指南，并且呈交给了有关各方讨论加以完善。
• 中间性援助社团正在扩大和升级它们的互联网站，为中间性者提供更多的知识和更详尽的咨询帮助。

以下我们讨论一些这样的例子。

Intersexuality - Dealing with Intersexuality

Continuing Changes

In recent decades, intersexuality research has made considerable advances. Thanks also to intersex advocacy groups, the medical treatment of intersexual conditions has become less dogmatic and more circumspect. In any case, there is now a general trend in medicine toward granting patients more rights and to let them have a say in the medical decisions that affect them. Exploring the internet, many patients have also become more knowledgeable than ever before. As a result, there has been an improvement in the doctor-patient relationship as well as a change in medical practice. All of this also applies to intersexual patients.
Nevertheless, with regard to intersexuality, we are still in a stage of transition. In spite of increased global communication, many “traditionalists” still cling to outmoded concepts, and many intersexual persons and their families remain isolated and uninformed. In order to bridge the still existing gaps, many steps are being taken. Especially promising are these:

• New guidelines for dealing with intersexual persons have been proposed and presented for discussion.
• Intersex support groups are enlarging and updating their web sites, offering more information and more detailed advice.

The following sections discuss some examples.