Lessons from the IntersexedFrom the moment intersexuality the condition of having physical gender markers (genitals, gonads, or chromosomes) that are neither clearly female nor male is suspected and diagnosed, social institutions are mobilized in order to maintain the two seemingly objective sexual categories. Infants' bodies are altered, and what was "ambiguous" is made "normal." Kessler's interviews with pediatric surgeons and endocrinologists reveal how the intersex