gender identity and patient rites >>> and ashar quraishi joins us now from chicago.ave things changed uniformly in terms of the way intersex infants are treated. we saw a forward-looking programme in chicago, is that widely held best practice? >> well, activists say that's the best practice. there should be a waiting period. parents thu not drive the treatment, surgery, until a child is old enough as to whether or not they want the surgery. malta became the first country in the world banning surgery on intersex surgery until they make it for themselves. again, a lot of people talk about the research when it comes to how we look at intersex individuals, how you treat them, and a wholistic approach is what is used in chicago. they have psychologists who work with endo-cronnologists and surgeons to discuss with parents before going ahead and surgeries. >> does a newborn baby belong to its parents, is it the parents' call whether to go with the new way of looking at intercept birth, rather than intervening with surgery? >> well, that's the big question. start. that is so

al jazeera's ashar quraishi profiled an adult who felt the approach could force parents to make the wronghoice. >> reporter: today this person does not identify as he or she, preferring to be called they. >> i thought i was a girl. people called me she, i was jen fer. that's my name. >> reporter: until the age of 18