Queer History 139: Sterilization of Intersex Individuals

Introduction

For over a century, the medical establishment has waged a systematic war against intersex reproductive rights, wielding scalpels like weapons and surgical suites like torture chambers. This isn't just medical malpractice—it's a coordinated campaign of reproductive genocide that has stolen the fertility of countless intersex individuals under the guise of "corrective care." From the eugenic nightmares of the early 1900s to the supposedly enlightened medical protocols of today, intersex people have been subjected to forced sterilization with a brutality that would make Nazi doctors proud.

Sterilization ancient history

The sterilization of intersex individuals represents one of modern medicine's most shameful chapters—a century-long assault on human reproductive rights that continues to this fucking day. These aren't isolated incidents of medical error; they're systematic violations of bodily autonomy that reveal the depths of medical bigotry and the persistence of eugenic thin…