ETHICS
ACADEMIC WRITING
Ethical Controversy About Hysterectomy For A Minor: Comment | Pediatrics | 2017
Tracking U.S. Professional Athletes: The Ethics Of Biometric Technologies | The American Journal Of Bioethics | December 23, 2016
Keeping An Eye On Power In Maintaining Racial Oppression And Race-Based Violence | The American Journal Of Bioethics | March 16, 2016
The Trouble With Too Much T | Queer: A Reader For Writers | 2016
Cris de Coeur And The Moral Imperative To Listen To And Learn From Intersex People | Narrative Inquiry In Bioethics | August 21, 2015
Debating A Testosterone “Sex Gap” | Science | May 21, 2015
Sex, Health, And Athletes | BMJ | April 28, 2014
Sex Reassignment | Encyclopedia Of Bioethics | 2014
Quality Of Communication In Interpreted Versus Noninterpreted PICU Family Meetings | Critical Care Medicine | 2014
Interview With Katrina Karkazis About Sex Verification In Sport | Yearbook Of Women’s History: Gender & Genes | October 28, 2013
Emotionally And Cognitively Informed Consent For Clinical Care For Differences Of Sex Development | Psychology & Sexuality | September 2, 2013
The Harrison Bergeron Olympics | American Journal Of Bioethics | April 4, 2013
A Content Analysis Of Posthumous Sperm Procurement Protocols With Considerations For Developing An Institutional Policy | Fertility & Sterility | 2013
Parental Refusal Of Vaccination And Transplant Listing Decisions: A Nationwide Survey | Pediatric Transplantation | 2013
Health Beliefs And Practices In An Isolated Polygamist Community Of Southern Utah | Journal Of Religion And Health | 2013
Out Of Bounds? A Critique Of Policies On Hyperandrogenism In Elite Female Athletes | American Journal Of Bioethics | June 30, 2012
Some Of Their Parts: ‘Gender Verification’ And Elite Sports | Anthropology News | June 23, 2012
Informational Risk, Institutional Review, And Autonomy In The Proposed Changes To The Common Rule | IRB: Ethics & Human Research | 2012
Framing Nicotine Addiction As A ‘Disease of the Brain’: Social And Ethical Consequences | Social Science Quarterly | 2011
Ethics For The Pediatrician: Disorders Of Sex Development: Optimizing Care | Pediatrics In Review | November 18, 2010
Children with Disorders of Sex Development: An Updated Approach to Optimize Care | Pediatrics In Review | August 18, 2010
Genital Surgery For Disorders Of Sex Development: Implementing A Shared Decision-Making Approach | Journal Of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism | 2010
Advancing Neuroregenerative Medicine: A Call For Expanded Collaboration Between Scientists And Ethicists | Neuroethics | 2008
Naming the Problem: Disorders And Their Meanings | The Lancet | 2008
What’s In A Name? The Controversy Over Disorders Of Sex Development | Hastings Center Report | 2008
Disorders Of Sex Development: Improving Care For Affected Persons And Their Families | American Journal Of Psychiatry | 2008
Women’s Neuroethics? Why Sex Matters For Neuroethics | American Journal Of Bioethics | 2008
Early Genital Surgery To Remain Controversial | Pediatrics | 2006
Nicotine Addiction Through A Neurogenomic Prism: Ethics, Public Health, And Smoking | Nicotine And Tobacco Research | 2005
“Policing The Borderlands Of Normal,” Review Of One Of Us: Conjoined Twins And The Future Of Normal By Alice Dreger | Hastings Center Report | 2004
The Bad Old Days Are Still Here: Abortion Mortality In Developing Countries | Journal of the American Medical Women's Association | 1994
POPULAR WRITING
The Testosterone Myth | Wired | March 27, 2018
How We Use Theory To Fight Against Oppression | KAOS GL | August 9, 2017
The Ignorance Aimed At Caster Semenya Flies In The Face Of The Olympic Spirit | The Guardian | August 23, 2016
Mind Boggling | Burn It All Down Podcast | July 12, 2017
#HANDSOFFCASTER: Why The Policing Of Female Athletes’ Testosterone Levels Needs To Stop | Bitch Media| August 17, 2016
One-Track Minds: Semenya, Chand And The Violence Of Public Scrutiny | Medium | July 20, 2016
Letter To The Editor | The New York Times | July 20, 2016
Letter To The Editor: Missing The Point In A Biological Controversy | The New York Times | August 2, 2015
On Top Of Corruption, FIFA Has A Problem With Women | Forbes | June 4, 2015
The Trouble With Too Much T | The New York Times | April 12, 2014
Stop Policing Testosterone In Female Athletes | Discover | September 26, 2012
IOC Testosterone Policy Is Not Gender Neutral | San Jose Mercury News | August 12, 2012
Rip Up New Olympic Sex Test Rules | New Scientist | July 18, 2012
The IOC’s Superwoman Complex: How Flawed Sex-Testing Discriminates | The Guardian | July 2, 2012
Sex Verification: You Say You’re A Woman? That Should Be Enough | The New York Times | June 17, 2012
Opinion: Female Athletes Targeted When Gender Isn’t A Given | San Jose Mercury News | May 23, 2011
Abstinence-Only Sex Education Is Ethically Indefensible | San Francisco Chronicle | January 12, 2006
IN THE NEWS — PRINT
Their Time: After Generations In The Shadows The Intersex Rights Movement Has A Message For The World: We Aren’t Disordered And We Aren’t Ashamed | The Washington Post | October 5, 2017
Caster Semenya Is At Risk. Should She Be Required To Undergo HRT? | Daily Mail | August 9, 2017
The Controversy Around Caster Semenya Explained | Outside | July 12, 2017
Athletics Federation Wants To Do Humiliating Sex Testing | Daily Kos | July 10, 2017
Athletics Federation Is Still Fighting For The Right To Invasively Sex Test Female Athletes | Think Progress | July 10, 2017
La Verificacíon de Sexo | El Diario (Spain) | July 7, 2017
CAS Had Rejected IAAF’s Evidence | Times Of India | July 5, 2017
Will You Ever Have Control Of Your Personal Info? | Cnet.com | January 26, 2017
Are You Safeguarding Your Data? Tech Leaders Talk Digital Privacy | San Jose Mercury News | January 26, 2017
Dutee Chand Takes Center Stage On Comeback | The Indian Express | September 16, 2016
With Wearable Tech Deals, New Player Data Is Up For Grabs | The New York Times | September 9, 2016
No Evidence That Hyperandrogenism Is An Advantage | Times Of India | August 21, 2016
Understanding The Caster Semenya Controversy | The New York Times | August 20, 2016
JO 2016 : Caster Semenya et Ces Championnes Trop "Testostéronées" | Le Monde | August 19, 2016
Caster Semenya Is Objectively One Of The World’s Best Female Runners. Not Everyone Agrees | Paste | August 17, 2016
Rio Olympics: Where What Is A Woman Is At Stake | Excelle Sports | August 16, 2016
Katie Ledecky Is Crushing Records So Why Are We Still Worried About Caster Semenya? | espnW | August 13, 2016
The Unfair Disadvantage Caster Semenya Must Endure To Compete For Olympic Gold | Yahoo! Sports | August 13, 2016
Who Get’s To Be A Woman In The Olympics | California Magazine | August 11, 2016
The Biggest Issues In Women’s Sport Is About To Come To A Head | Mother Jones | August 10, 2016
Hyperandrogenism Rule No Longer In Play At Rio Olympics | The Lancet | August 5, 2016
Naturally-Occurring High Testosterone Shouldn’t Keep Female Athletes Out Of Competition | Scientific American | August 1, 2016
In An Era Of Doping And Blade Running, What Is A ‘Natural’ Athlete, Anyway? | The Washington Post | August 1, 2016
The Humiliating Practice Of Sex Testing Female Athletes | The New York Times Magazine | June 28, 2016
The Spectrum Of Sex Development: Eric Vilain And The Intersex Controversy | Nature | May 10, 2016
Six Months Before Olympics, Questions Raised On IOC’s ‘Consensus’ On Hyperandrogenism | The Indian Express | February 24, 2016
IOC's Gender Stance ‘Insensitive And Harmful’ To Athletes | Toronto Star | February 23, 2016
¿Hombre o Mujer? La Ciencia Que Solo Sirve Para Discriminar a Las Deportistas | El País | July 29, 2015
Dutee Chand’s Journey From Sprinter To Pioneer | The Indian Express | July 29, 2015
Bruce Kidd And Katrina Karkazis On Dutee Chand Verdict | Live Mint | July 29, 2015
Indian Sprinter Dutee Chand Wins Major Victory For Intersex And Gender Inclusion | Outsports | July 29, 2015
Dutee Chand Wins The Right To Compete | The Indian Express | July 28, 2015
Réhabilitation de Dutee Chand: Une Victoire Pour Toutes Les Femmes de L’athlétisme | Libération | July 28, 2015
Champion Sprinter Wins Landmark Case To Let Her Compete As A Woman | BuzzFeed | July 27, 2015
CAS Blocks IAAF Rules On Female Athletes With High Testosterone Levels | ESPN | July 27, 2015
Dutee Chand, Female With High Testosterone Level, Wins Right To Compete | The New York Times | July 27, 2015
Court Suspends IAAF Rule Banning Female Athletes With High Testosterone Levels | Toronto Star | July 27, 2015
FIFA Targets Female Players With Gender Verification Guidelines | espnW.com | June 14, 2015
Science Is Still Trying To Figure Out What Makes A Female Athlete: Sex Tests In Sports Are Archaic | Popular Science | May 22, 2015
Sports Policies That Exclude Women With High Testosterone Must End, Experts Say | The Verge | May 22, 2015
Experts Slam Sports Policies That Ban Women With High Testosterone | BuzzFeed | May 21, 2015
Testosterone Rules Are Unfair, Researchers Say | LiveScience | May 21, 2015
IAAF Hormone Debate | Running Fitness | January 2015
Why Dutee Chand Can Change Sports | Live Mint | November 24, 2014
Banned Chand Confident Of Return To Athletics | The New Zealand Herald | October 30, 2014
Banned Chand Confident Of Return To Athletics | The Times Of India | October 30, 2014
Stop Surgical Violence Against Women Athletes—And Let Dutee Run! | The Nation | October 20, 2014
Dutee Chand, Science, And The Spirit Of Sport: Why IAAF Policy Is Deeply Flawed | Sporting Intelligence | October 20, 2014
Dutee Is A Woman And Let Her Run, Say Experts In Petition To World Athletics Body | The Indian Express | October 12, 2014
Fighting For The Body She Was Born With | The New York Times | October 6, 2014
Dutee Chand Knocks On CAS’ Door | The Indian Express | September 27, 2014
Stop Freaking Out About Intersex Female Athletes | Advocate.com | September 18, 2014
A New Study Supports Female Athletes Unfairly Excluded From Sport | Slate | September 12, 2014
Fair? The IOC’s Policy On Sex Testing Is The Exact Opposite | espnW.com | September 9, 2014
The Gender Divide Rule | The Economic Times | July 21, 2014
If You Ask The Wrong Question | The Indian Express | July 21, 2014
Intersex Dating: Finding Love Across The Intersection | CNN.com | April 15, 2014
Boy, Girl, Or Intersex? Germany Adjusts To A Third Option At Birth | Time | November 13, 2013
IOC Testosterone Policy Is Not Neutral | San Jose Mercury News | August 11, 2012
Does The Science Support A Ban On Female Athletes With High Testosterone Levels? | Qualia, AAAS | August 8, 2012
Expert: Gender Testing ‘Imperfect’ For Female Athletes | CNN | August 8, 2012
JO Londres 2012: Le ‘Test de Féminité’ Fait Polémique | Sciences et Avenir | August 8, 2012
Caster Semanya: Runner, Champion … Guinea Pig? | Macleans | August 7, 2012
Caught In The Middle | ESPN | August 1, 2012
Is Sex Testing In The Olympics A Fool’s Errand? | Los Angeles Times | July 30, 2012
Caster Semanya And The IOC’s Olympics Gender Bender | The Daily Beast | July 26, 2012
Gender Games | Slate | July 25, 2012
Androgen Testing Of Athletes ‘Discriminatory’ Says Ethicist | Medical Observer | July 24, 2012
Tale Of Two Runners Exposes Flawed Olympic Thinking | New Scientist | July 21, 2012
The IOC: The Hormones Maketh The Woman | The Dish | July 20, 2012
Woman Enough? | Time | July 2, 2012
New Olympic Testosterone-Testing Rules For Female Athletes Spark Debate | Boston Globe | June 29, 2012
Sex, Drugs, And The Olympic Roll | Mail & Guardian | June 26, 2012
Stanford Bioethicist Challenges Controversial Olympics Gender-Testing Policy | San Jose Mercury News | June 24, 2012
Olympic Sex | Chronicle Of Higher Education | June 19, 2012
Is It Unfair To Ban Female Olympians With Too Much Testosterone? | The Week | June 19, 2012
Scientists Condemn Testing Athletes Sexuality | ZimDiaspora.com | June 19, 2012
Here's Why Olympic Sex Verification Is A Bad Idea | Jezebel.com | June 18, 2012
London 2012: IOC Gender Testing Policy Challenged | Toronto Star | June 14, 2012
Transgender Advocates Hail Law Easing Rule In Argentina | The New York Times | May 24, 2012
Argentina Makes Sex-Change A Legal Right | CBSnews.com | May 9, 2012
Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, And Lived Experience, A Conversation With The Author | H&P: The Stanford Medical Student Journal | Winter 2012
The Truth About Genderless Babies | LiveScience | May 25, 2011
UCSF’s Support Group For Parents Of Intersex Kids | SF Gate | May 7, 2011
Intersex Babies: Boy Or Girl And Who Decides? | ABC News Radio Online | March 17, 2011
Gender X: The Battle Over Boy Or Girl | Stanford Magazine | Spring 2011
Entre Deux Sexes | La Presse (Montreal) | September 18, 2009
Mill Valley Author Explores Male, Female And In Between | Marin Independent Journal | December 29, 2008
For Some Babies, Gender Is Neither Pink Nor Blue | Stanford Medical Report | November 12, 2008
What If It’s (Sort Of) A Boy And (Sort Of) A Girl? | The New York Times Magazine | September 24, 2006
Living In Between, But No Longer In Silence | Washington Square News | October 26, 2004
When Gender Isn’t A Given | The New York Times | September 19, 2004
IN THE NEWS — BROADCAST & RADIO
No Alibis (KCSB) | September 27, 2017
Mind Boggling | Burn It All Down Podcast | July 12, 2017
ABC Radio National (Australia) | July 5, 2017
The Sexual Spectrum | Bill Nye Saves The World | March 2017
Gender Revolution: A Journey With Katie Couric | National Geographic Television | February 6, 2017
Dutee | Vice Sports | January 2017
Sport Inside | WDR Television (Germany) | August 28, 2016
Real Olympic Drama: Caster Semenya, Feyisa Lilesa And Rio | Edge Of Sports | August 26, 2016
Road To Rio | Channel 4 (UK) | August 17, 2016
KTVU News | August 17, 2016
A Question Of Gender: The Sex Testing Of Female Athletes | ABC Radio National (Australia) | August 14, 2016
Should The Olympics Have Gender Testing? | ESPN | August 13, 2016
KCBS | August 11, 2016
No League Of Their Own: Transgender Athletes | Fusion TV | August 7, 2016
Olympics Sex Verification: The Demeaning Practice Of Sex Testing Elite Women Athletes | Hard Knock Radio (KPFA) | July 5, 2016
Dutee Chand Wins Case For High Testosterone Female Athletes | The Current, CBC (Canada) | July 29, 2015
Sprinter With High Testosterone Wins Right To Compete | Huffpost Live | July 29, 2015
AirTalk (KPCC) | July 28, 2015
Indian Sprinter Dutee Chand Wins The Right To Compete Again | PRI's The World | July 28, 2015
Don’t Worry: The World’s Best Female Soccer Players Have Been ‘Sex-Tested’ | PRI's The World | June 4, 2015
KGO Radio | June 3, 2015
Radio Colombia | June 2, 2015
Testosterone And Sex Classification In Elite Sport | Science Podcast | May 22, 2015
She Runs Like A Man | Sports On Fire, HBO Canada | February 22, 2015
Female Sprinter Fights To Run In The Body She Was Born In | AirTalk (KPCC) | October 7, 2014
No Games For Women With 'Too Much' Testosterone | Al Jazeera, The Stream | September 2, 2014
No Alibis (KCSB) | January 15, 2014
Caster Competes, But Debate Continues | The World Today (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) | August 10, 2012
New Olympic Policy On Gender Testing | NBC News | August 6, 2012
Woman’s Hour | BBC Radio (UK) | July 30, 2012
KCBS | July 24, 2012
Stanford Researcher Challenges Olympic Gender Testing | CBS News | June 26, 2012
Gender Games: Policing Femininity In The Olympics | CTV NEWS (Canada) | June 19, 2012
Q, CBC Radio (Canada) | June 19, 2012
Sex Testing For Elite Female Athletes | 1-2-1 With Paul Costello | June 13, 2012
Dave Ross Show (KIRO) | September 11, 2009
Intersex: Medicalization Of Sexual Diversity | Gender Blender (KBOO) | May 19, 2009
Out In The Bay (KALW) | March 26, 2009
Growing Up Intersexed | Weekday (KUOW) | February 10, 2009
The Health Show (WAMC) | January 29, 2009
What Happens When A Newborn’s Gender Is Ambiguous? | Against The Grain (KPFA) | December 22, 2008
Intersex | Bay Area People With Rosy Chu (KTVU) | December 13, 2008
Intersexuality | Leonard Lopate Show (WNYC) | December 5, 2008
Dr. Katrina Karkazis On Intersex Individuals | 1-2-1 With Paul Costello | November 13, 2008