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Nobody Needs to Know

by Pidgeon Pagonis

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Book of the Day, NPR · August 24, 2023

Pidgeon Pagonis' memoir 'Nobody Needs to Know' reclaims intersex identity

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A memoir in which Pagonis recounts growing up believing they had survived childhood cancer, only to discover in college that they were born intersex — reframing a lifetime of surgeries, secrets, and confusion as they come to understand and accept the truth about their body and explore community and activism.

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