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Born BothHida Viloria
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Born Both

170 pagesFirst published 20174 editions
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"My name is Hida Viloria. I was raised as a girl but discovered at a young age that my body looked different. Having endured an often turbulent home life as a kid, there were many times when I felt scared and alone, especially given my attraction to girls. But unlike most people in the first world who are born intersex--meaning they have genitals, reproductive organs, hormones, and/or chromosomal patterns that do not fit standard definitions of male or female--I grew up in the body I was born with because my parents did not have my sex characteristics surgically altered at birth. It wasn't…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionHachette Books2018—9780316347853
EditionHachette Books20173399780316347846
AudiobookHachette Audio and Blackstone Audio201719781478969013
EditionHachette Books2017—9780316347815
IntersexualitySOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender StudiesIntersex peopleIdentityBiographyBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHYPersonal MemoirsSOCIAL SCIENCE