ed as I disconn
hl
y. A
o
n agency. T
t morning, my voice t
alling about Ashley Thompson' s r
sounded bored
rd ty
ale at birth. No medical anoma
pressed. "Are yo
e file is quite clear
whole world
roblem. T
more confus
female. The cam
p. Someone I
friend from college. Now a
king. "Brenda, I need you.
er office a
birth, the false accusati
camera foota
n shifting from concern to dis
all me crazy.
hley has developed male reproductive organs and was assign
ers
is way, though it' s incredibly uncommon for it to go undiagnosed an
tional male organs, she coul
r a c
s pre
G
producing sperm... it' s medically conceivable, though extremel
s own pr
rotesque, a biolo
DNA. From Ashley, from Emily, from Mark, and from the fe
DNA?" I asked,
es. Anything with their
My new w
ing with medical terms and
girls were asleep, I c
rbrush. Emily
separate plastic
hes too, just to be thorough, thoug
dropped them o
e a few day
ew
like an
h screenings were
more
p the charade of the loving
rdest thing I
ike a sneer. Every quiet word
iced my
, his brow furrowed with co
girls and college," I
"They' ll be fine.
ed them
was a bi