In this special issue of GLQ, experts from a variety of disciplines discuss the future of treatment for people with intersex conditions—those born with ambiguous genitalia—and consider what intersexuality means for theories of gender. By examining the ethics of medical treatment and the repercussions of intersex surgery, “Intersex and After” demonstrates how biology, activism, law, morality, and ethics have a shared interest in the relationship between intersexuality and the meaning of sex, gender, and sexuality.

Discusses the future of treatment for people with intersex conditions--those born with ambiguous genitalia--and considers what intersexuality means for theories of gender

Editorial: Lessons from the Octopus / Iain Morland, Lecturer in Cultural Criticism, Cardiff University Progress and Politics in the Intersex Rights Movement: Feminist Theory in Action / Alice D. Dreger, Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and April Herndon, Assistant Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies, Winona State University Imperatives of Normality: From "Intersex" to "Disorders of Sex Development / Ellen K. Feder, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, American University Intersex: Practice, Theory, and Activism (roundtable discussion) / Katrina Roen (chair), Lecturer in Research Methods, Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, Sarah M. Creighton, Consultant Gynecologist, University College London Institute for Women's Health, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Obstetric Hospital, Julie A. Greenberg, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and Del LaGrace Volcano, Independent Genderqueer Visual Artist From the Herm Portfolio (images) / Del LaGrace Volcano, Independent Genderqueer Visual Artist Quantum Sex: Intersex and the Molecular Deconstruction of Sex Vernon A. Rosario, Associate Clinical Professor, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles What Can Queer Theory Do for Intersex? / Iain Morland, Lecturer in Cultural Criticism, Cardiff University The Somatechnics of Intersexuality (review essay) / Nikki Sullivan, Associate Professor, Department of Critical and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University