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What happened when Belgian supermodels exposed their bisexual identity to eliminate prejudice?
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In an interview with USA-Today, Odiele revealed that she was bisexual, hoping to eliminate people's prejudice against bisexuals and hope that doctors would operate on bisexual children after they were sensible.

Henny, 29, is married. She claims to be bisexual with cryptorchidism. 10 years old, she had an operation to remove her testicles. She said that she hopes to break the taboo and hope that parents will not let their children go through such an operation that may be completely unnecessary. In an exclusive interview with USA-Today, Henny said: "In this era, it is very important for me to break the taboo that people avoid talking about androgyny. It would be great to talk about this now. "

According to United Nations statistics, 1.7% of the global population is bisexual, and bisexuals are born with both female and male characteristics. Henny was born with androgen insensitivity syndrome, which means that she was born with some XY (male) chromosomes, which led to her born with cryptorchidism. The doctor said that cryptorchidism may cause cancer and affect the normal development of women. When Henny 10 years old, her parents decided to have her testicles removed. She didn't know the real reason for the operation at that time. It was not until two or three years later that she asked her parents that she had been bisexual. She also mentioned that she was very annoyed by the vaginal reconstruction operation she had done at the age of 18.

"I am proud to be bisexual, and now people are still doing these operations, which makes me angry." Henny said, "If they told me the truth from the beginning ... now it's a painful memory."

Sue is a pediatrician at Northern Medical University of new york State University.

Stred) said that parents of bisexuals always want their children to be normal, so they choose surgery. But in most cases, they just received plastic surgery, and the impact is lifelong, such as infertility and dependence on hormones. Hugh also said that the idea that bisexuals have cancer has been greatly exaggerated.

Henny became popular at the Belgian Music Festival at the age of 17, but in recent years, she only talked to a few good friends in the circle about being bisexual. Up to now, no one has any discrimination against her, her husband John? Scott (John

Swiatek) said that he was very proud and happy for his wife's honesty and courage to speak out. John said, "I'm proud of her. Her decision moved me. She wants bisexual children to dominate her body. Don't blindly decide to have surgery without information and choice, like her and her parents. "

It is reported that Henny will cooperate with Vogue magazine to talk about the issue of intersex people this month. She also joined the non-profit organization Intersexuality Initiative.

Youth organizes activities to strengthen people's attention to bisexual children's surgery.