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sounded bored

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ale at birth. No medical anoma

pressed. "Are yo

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whole world

roblem. T

more confus

female. The cam

p. Someone I

friend from college. Now a

king. "Brenda, I need you.

er office a

birth, the false accusati

camera foota

n shifting from concern to dis

all me crazy.

hley has developed male reproductive organs and was assign

ers

is way, though it' s incredibly uncommon for it to go undiagnosed an

tional male organs, she coul

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s pre

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producing sperm... it' s medically conceivable, though extremel

s own pr

rotesque, a biolo

DNA. From Ashley, from Emily, from Mark, and from the fe

DNA?" I asked,

es. Anything with their

My new w

ing with medical terms and

girls were asleep, I c

rbrush. Emily

separate plastic

hes too, just to be thorough, thoug

dropped them o

e a few day

ew

like an

h screenings were

more

p the charade of the loving

rdest thing I

ike a sneer. Every quiet word

iced my

, his brow furrowed with co

girls and college," I

"They' ll be fine.

ed them

was a bi