Intersex representation in television

[4] Academic and filmmaker Phoebe Hart suggests that television representations of intersex people fulfil "sensational and unsubtle" stereotypes: the Australian drama All Saints portrayed a woman with androgen insensitivity syndrome as both "superwoman" and "genetic glitch", while Grey's Anatomy failed to adequately inform audiences about intersex in an episode that explored gender identity and medical disclosure.

[3] In the original 1993 version of the Brazilian soap opera "Renascer", Buba, played by Maria Luísa Mendonça, was an intersex character who got involved with José Inocêncio's children.

[10] The author Bruno Luperi explained that the decision to change the character was to broaden the discussion on gender issues and give more visibility to trans experiences.

[citation needed] An intersex murderer plot twist trope has been repeated in the TV programs Nip/Tuck (Quentin Costa), Janet King,[13] and Passions (Vincent Clarkson).

[17] Season 9 of Australian medical drama All Saints included a woman with androgen insensitivity syndrome in an episode entitled "Truth Hurts".

[18] In the 2009 episode of House entitled "The Softer Side", a teenager with genetic mosaicism that is unaware of his (the gender his parents choose for him) condition develops dehydration and is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

[15] "The Goldie Rush", episode 12, uses a person born intersex as an object of derision during a flashback sequence of failed dates.