Yvonne Grey: The woman born intersex but raised male – and her 63-year fight for legal recognition

Yvonne Grey (Image: Yvonne Grey)

For much of her life, 63-year-old Yvonne Grey, who was born intersex, endured erasure and horrendous abuse by her family, who forced her to live as a male rather than as a female. She also suffered shocking mistreatment by teachers and doctors. Here, as she continues her fight for intersex recognition and equal rights, she tells her story 

It is the summer of 1961. The first name on my UK birth certificate is David. But in the box denoting my sex there is simply a red horizontal line. Fifteen years later, in 1976, I saw the document for the very first time as my brother taunted me: “There you are, you see, you’re a nothing. You’re not a boy or a girl — just a

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