from Social Issues Dreger's previous book was Hermaphrodites and
the Medical Invention of Sex. She is a leader in the Intersex
Society of North America (ISNA), a group dedicated to the view
that children born with genital malformations should not be
assigned a sex as infants. These children should be free to
choose what sex they wish to be when they are older. Dreger's
"10 Myths About Intersex" was published in the ISNA booklet,
Introduction to Intersex Activism: A Guide for Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Trans Allies. In dealing with the issue of
conjoined twins, Dr. Dreger told a reporter with Knight-Ridder
that she favors waiting to obtain informed consent from the
conjoined twins themselves, rather than separating them when
they are young. Dreger claimed, "It sounds strange, but I came
to appreciate that it's [being conjoined] not all that different
from being married, having a roommate or a child." In another
article written by Kristina Latham, Dreger observed: "The
transgender and intersexual movements are