Kimberly Zieselman is an attorney, human rights advocate, author, and intersex woman,[1] with androgen insensitivity syndrome.
Neither Zieselman nor her parents were told the truth about her diagnosis, that she had androgen insensitivity syndrome, XY sex chromosomes, and internal testes.
[6][2] Zieselman discovered her medical records at age 41,[2] including a statement that she and her parents had consented to surgery after full disclosure of a diagnosis.
[10] Zieselman describes how shame and secrecy,[10] and medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex infants causes devastating physical and psychological harm,[11] but they take place for sociological reasons.
[10] Zieselman is quoted by the United Nations Human Rights Office in New York stating: Doctors often claim there's a "silent majority" of intersex people satisfied with the way they were treated as young patients.
Chicago Review of Books described the memoir as an "impressive introduction to the powerhouse that is Kimberly M. Zieselman" that "carries the weight of what it means to be a first", showing "both the complexity and the ordinariness of intersex experiences".