Esther Morris Leidolf Explained

Esther Morris Leidolf
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Activist Writer

Esther Morris Leidolf is an American medical sociologist, and author of NOT UNCOMMON, Just Unheard of. An intersex activist, writer, and the founder of the MRKH Organization, Leidolf was the board secretary for the Intersex Society of North America.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Leidolf is a US-based medical sociologist with a background in public health data management,^[3] writer, the founder of the MRKH Organization, and was the board secretary for the now-defunct Intersex Society of North America. In roles with ISNA and MRKH Organization, Morris Leidolf spoke at conferences and events, including the LGBTI Health Summit.^[4] Works include The Missing Vagina Monologue.^{[5] [6] [7]} Morris Leidolf has stated,

Alongside other activists, Morris Leidolf was critical of a 2006 shift in clinical language from intersex to disorders of sex development.^{[8] [9]} Morris Leidolf also appears in the award-winning 2012 documentary Intersexion.

Selected bibliography

• 10.1080/00918360801982074. 18825861. 0091-8369. 54. 3. 233–242. Morris Leidolf. Esther. Curran. Megan. Scout. Bradford. Judith. Intersex Mental Health and Social Support Options in Pediatric Endocrinology Training Programs. Journal of Homosexuality. May 2008 . 205468762.
• 10.1300/J236v10n02_05. 0891-7140. 10. 2. 77–92. Leidolf. Esther Morris. The Missing Vagina Monologue … and Beyond. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy. July 2006 .
• Web site: Morris. Esther. The self I will never know. . 2018-08-31. February 2, 2004.
• Morris . Esther . The Missing Vagina Monologue . Sojourner: The Women's Forum . 0191-8699 . 26 . 7 . March 2001.

See also

• MRKH
• Intersex
• Intersex rights in the United States
• List of intersex people

External links

• Esther Morris Leidolf's research, at ResearchGate

Notes and References

1. Web site: Intersex Activists Respond to "The Vagina Monologues" . . January 7, 2002 .
2. Web site: Esther Morris Leidolf . Our Bodies Our Selves . 2018-08-31 . 2018-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113234/https://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/our-story/contributors/esther-morris-leidolf/ . dead .
3. 10.1080/00918360801982074. 18825861. 0091-8369. 54. 3. 233–242. Morris Leidolf. Esther. Curran. Megan. Scout. Bradford. Judith. Intersex Mental Health and Social Support Options in Pediatric Endocrinology Training Programs. Journal of Homosexuality. May 2008 . 205468762.
4. Web site: Intersex Prominently Featured in the LGBTI Health Summit . Intersex Initiative . Aug 22, 2004 . 2018-08-31.
5. Book: Still, Brian . Online Intersex Communities: Virtual Neighborhoods of Support and Activism . Cambia Press . 2008 . 9781604975925 . 115.
6. 10.4000/rccsar.558. 1647-3175. 6. Santos. Ana Lúcia. Beyond Binarism? Intersex as an Epistemological and Political Challenge*. RCCS Annual Review. October 2014. free. 10316/36578. free.
7. Laura A. . Zaccone . Policing the Policing of Intersex Bodies: Softening the Lines in Title IX Athletic Programs . Brooklyn Law Review . 76 . 2010 . 76 .
8. Book: Davis, Georgiann . Georgiann Davis . Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis . NYU Press . September 2015 . 9781479887040 . 45.
9. Book: Koch, Michaela . Discursive Intersexions: Daring Bodies between Myth, Medicine, and Memoir . transcript Verlag . 2017 . 9783839437056 . 138.