UBC Press Raising Rosie book Paperback 192 pages

There is often medical pressure on parents of intersex children to have their child's gender reassigned at birth, based on cultural ideas of gender. When Rosie was born, Eric and Stephani Lohman decided to not have her gender reassigned. Part memoir, part guide, this book gives much needed information for parents of children born intersex.

Eric Lohman is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he focuses on gender, race, and class in the mass media. Stephani Lohman works as an infection prevention nurs, and has degrees in chemistry, biology, and nursing. She has worked in health care and sciences for ten years.