Story: Gender diversity

Mani's story

Mani Bruce Mitchell had a long and painful journey to find their identity as an intersex person. Watch this clip from the television documentary Yellow for hermaphrodite: Mani's story, in which they talk about coming to terms with the circumstances of their birth.

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Greenstone TV
Reference: Yellow for hermaphrodite - Mani's story. Producer and director, John Keir. Auckland: Greenstone Pictures, 2002.

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Johanna Schmidt, 'Gender diversity - Diverse sex development', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/28891/manis-story (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Johanna Schmidt, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 4 May 2021 with assistance from Gender Minorities Aotearoa