The article is about the treatment of intersex children in the UK, but the same is true for them in the US.<p>See these links for more regarding treatment in the US:<p>[0] Long Atlantic article -
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/07/should-we-fix-intersex-children/373536/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/07/should-we...</a><p>[1] Brief NBC article with a couple interviews -
<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6994580/ns/health-childrens_health/t/new-guidelines-treating-intersex-babies/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6994580/ns/health-childrens_health...</a>
So she was lied not only by doctors, but also by her parents. She was underage so doctors didn't have to tell her, and couldn't tell her if parents prohibited them... soo... yeah doctors lie.
This is not a new thing, it has been known since before the 2000s, and was written extensively about by Fausto-Sterling in her book Sexing The Body. Doctors -- even today -- routinely withhold this information from intersex children, believing that it is for their own good. Unlike the article's suggestion, it is a widespread practice not limited to the UK.<p>A fun fact about the idea that you can ask for your medical records, is that the staff may redact any information they think would be harmful to you.
How do doctors, parents, anybody think this is a good idea? Hiding things from kids that are guaranteed to become a problem later in life is rather a guarantee that the person will be traumatized when they do find out, and have major trust problems from there on out.