Like so many intersex people, Pidgeon Pagonis was subjected to unnecessary surgeries as a child to fit the gender binary. Hear Pidgeon talk about the power of telling their story through documentaries, YouTube and public speaking, and how they ended intersex surgeries at the hospital that operated on them.

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