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Tuesday, July 7, 2009 12:00 AM

We're all intersex

The author of "Between XX and XY" on people born neither male nor female -- and why everyone's a little bit of both

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  • Monday, July 6, 2009 09:41 PM

    I agree with greglaw and Steele The First

    Regarding the Priest anecdote in the first paragraph, I had the exact same reaction as greglaw and Steele The First. I absolutely do not believe that a Priest would ever say that God makes an exception on suicide. Suicide is the worst sin against God. Secondly, what is said between a Priest and the confessor is strictly confidential, so how would G. Callahan know what Ms. Stevens had been told?

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