A^LI^AS Contents List

[last updated 17 Sept 2003]

This page provides a list of the contents of all the issues of our newsletter A^LI^AS (Looking At AIS) published so far. For details of how to access ALIAS see Literature page.

ALIAS No. 1: The Aims of the Group, AIS Support Group Meeting, How the Group Started, Recent Publicity, Plans for the Future, RSM Symposium, The Doctor's Dilemma, The Denial of Pain, Bad News Can be Good News, Secrecy is Damaging, Psychological Support, Can/Should Doctors Counsel?, Multidisciplinary Approach, Parent/Doctor Teamwork, Parental Attitudes, The Taboo on Talking, Cultural Attitudes, The Future, Support Groups, Psychological Support, Articles, Books, Information Sources

ALIAS No. 2: A Universe Apart?, Access to Information, Report on 1st Group Meeting, Affiliation: UK and USA, Report on RSM Symposium, Psychological Counselling, Middlesex Hospital Approach, Early Knowledge of AIS, Forms of AIS, Incidence, Normal Genetics, Normal Foetal Development, Genetics of AIS, Foetal Development in AIS, Vaginal Agenesis, Vaginoplasty/Pressure Dilatation, Gonadectomy, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Osteoporosis, Growth: General, Growth: Role of Oestrogens, Growth: Role of Y Chromosome, Tissue-Level Defect, Carrier Detection, Prenatal Diagnosis, Addresses, Books, Articles

ALIAS No. 3: Refreshing New Point of View?, Next Meeting, Literature, Doctors Write to Us, Learning to Speak at 36, Management Responsibility, Congratulations!, Doctors are not Immune, Second AIS Group Meeting, Helping Mothers to Help, The Older Man Syndrome, Confidentiality, Vaginal Dilators, Partial AIS (PAIS), Surgery - For Whose Benefit?, What are Genitals For?, Surgical Patriarchy, Psychological Paternalism, Inside Knowledge, Slaying the Dragon, Probability Statements, Brave New World, Early Gonadectomy, Cardiovascular Study, Manchester Gene Shop Opens!, Genetic Testing in the US, Data Protection, Australian AIS Specialist, Naming Conventions, Addresses, Books

ALIAS No. 4: Historic Case of AIS?, No Sex Please, We're British, Next Support Group Meeting, Private Lives, AIS Questionnaire, Dark Secrets, Letter to America, Medical Construction of Gender, Meanings of Genital Variability, Nurture versus Nature, News from ISNA, Questions of Normality (1), Questions of Normality (2), Vaginal Aplasia Treatments, A Search for Support, Sex Education, Forward Thinking, Canadian AIS Family, A Fertile Future?, HRT Developments, Boost for the Bones, Classify, Classify, Ancient Wisdom, The Trial, Information Access, Symposium Proceedings, The Good Doctor Guide, Addresses, Books

ALIAS No. 5: Problems made Public, First N. American Meeting, Next UK Meeting, Transatlantic Flights, Letters to the Editor, Web Page & Research Study, Third Group Meeting, Key Issues for AIS Women, Vaginal Dilators Revisited, Vecchietti Video, Inside Out, Intersex Treatment Dialogue, Dealing with Ambiguity, Coming out of the Closet, Truth-telling Debate, Canadian Representative, Humankind-ness, Malignancy Risk?, Medical Jargon Buster, Longer Lasting HRT Patches, Wallis Simpson, Anomalies Down Under?, Addresses, Think About It

ALIAS No. 6: Overseas Representatives, Vreli Encouraging, Australian Appreciation, From the Dark Side, Seeking the Light, 1st N. American Meeting, 4th UK Meeting, BBC Documentary on AIS, Sex, Lies and Ideology, AIS Clinical Grading Scheme, Pubic/Axillary Hair in AIS, Merkin About, Low Bone Density in AIS, Progesterone, Uphill Struggles, Don't Miss It, Exterior Emphasis, Vecchietti Re-visited, Stretch Yourself, AIS Studies, Tell Me the Truth, Doc, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Wise Words, Clinicians, Take Note, Aid to Digestion, Sweet and Sour, Colour Booklet on AIS, Web Site, Books/Articles, Addresses, Divine Intervention

ALIAS No. 7: Overseas Representatives, Professional Praise, Boxing Day Thanksgiving, Advance . . . . ., . . and Retreat, Global (& Family) Link-up, A Mother's Story, Guinea Pig's Tale, Y Gonads?, ISNA Recommendations, Cold Turkey, Plumbing Problem Perception, Inferior Interiority, Vorsprung durch Technic?, Fertility Advances, Brittle Bone Gene, HRT in AIS and Carriers, Long-Term HRT, HRT for Free?, Women's Health Watch, The Patient's Network, Clear Skin, Clear Mind?, New Clinic, Books, Addresses, Postscript

ALIAS No. 8: Overseas Representatives, At the Last Count, Professor Pinsky's Praise, Next US/UK Meetings, Some New Contacts, Some Old Friends, 5th UK Meeting, Meeting Aftermath, Period Pain, Too Explicit for Words, What is Intersexuality?, Access to Medical Records, Digging out a Diagnosis, Three-Legged Sleeping Dogs, The Comfort Factor, Desperately Seeking Something, Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, Swyer Syndrome, MIF Matters, Fertility Update, `Chalk and Cheese' Study, Bone Study, Free Prescriptions, Addresses, Postscript

ALIAS No. 9: Consciousness-rAISing, AIS Bone Study, Blasts from the Past, Origins of "Don't Tell", Says it All, Really, Getting the `Low-Down', Reflections on AIS, Learning by the Book, 1) Reading the Words, 2) Hearing the Words, 3) Saying the Words, The Power of Language/Culture, Sexuality in Children, Puberty at Six?, Social Concerns, Peculiar Props, Addresses, The Last Word

ALIAS No. 10: Extended AIS Family, Parent Problems, A Girl's Best Friend?, Right from the Start, Draft AIS Patients' Charter, Sunlight and Fresh Air, 'Girls Own' Adventure, The X(X) Files, What Defines a Woman?, New Directions, Antipodean Endocrine Forum, Good News Down-Under, Meeting with Dr. Warne, Middlesex Hospital Forum, 2nd US Meeting, Hormones on the Brain?, Natural Progesterone, Free HRT, Wig Whammy, Flower Power, A Y T Shirt, Addresses, Books, The Last Word

ALIAS No. 11: Worldwide Representatives, US/Australia Subscriptions, Women's Hour Responses, (Re-)Generation Game, Fun With Footnotes, Reaching the Parts ...., 6th UK Meeting, Meetings Format, Facing the Monster, Doing the Right Thing, Vaginal Hypoplasia, User-friendly Dilators, Gender Assignment/Surgery, Surgery and Psychology, Sensational Paradigm, Advances and Challenges, Our Brilliant Careers?, Gender ID vs Quality of Life, Psycho-Social AIS Projects, A Learning Experience, Orchidectomy/HRT, FP92A Successes, Bone Density, Genetic Testing, Blind Man's Bluff, Erased Eyebrows?, Adolescent Medicine, Into Battle, Publications, Meetings, Addresses

ALIAS No. 12:Worldwide Representatives, AIS Email Circle, UK Membership Update, New Contacts, Old Friends, Non-AIS Members, 7th UK Group Meeting, Research Plans, A Move in the Right Direction, AIS Woman Grows Uterus!, Pap Smear Tests, Womb Transplants?, Truth Disclosure Discussion, Rare Disorders Alliance, Endangered Species, Dr. Peter Broks' Study, A Third Sex?, Dr. Warne's Book Reviewed, Phall-O-Meter, Free Prescription Quest, Web Sites, Publications, Addresses, The Last Word

ALIAS No. 13: Worldwide Representatives, Urgent Request, AISSG in Books/Articles, AIS Studies Update, Testosterone HRT, Professionals Write to Us, We Write to Professionals, New Contacts, 8th UK Meeting, UK Meeting Aftermath, 3rd US Meeting, Finding One's Tribe, US Meeting Aftermath, Our 12 Year-Old Selves, What Kind of Outsider?, The Pills ....The Pills ...., Vaginal Hypoplasia Discussion, Sex Development Summary, Web Sites, Publications, Addresses

ALIAS No. 14: Golden Orchid Award, Middlesex Hospital Update, Clinical Psychology Studies, Milton Diamond's AIS Survey, GMC Truth Disclosure Ruling, Legal Action, New Contacts, Vaginoplasty vs Dilation, A Vote for Vecchietti, The Ups and Downs of Dilators, The Mother of all Questions, Desperation at the Doc's, Bulletin Board Posting, Canadian Meetings, A Mirror of Ourselves, Osteoporosis in AIS, Form and Function, Prof. Diamond's Recent Papers, Men Becoming Pregnant, Oh Dear, Ms Greer, Prescription Charges, Adrenal Hyperplasia Network, More Merkin Moments, A Poem, Publications, The Last Word, The Last Last Word

ALIAS No. 15: Change of US Group Leader, Worldwide Representatives, Web Site Update, Too Negative/Biased?, South Africa Update, Germany Update, 9th UK Meeting, Clinical Research Update, Br. Soc. Paed. & Adol. Gyn., GIG Consortium, Caroline Hawkridge’s Book, Webbed Feat?, Greer and Angier Books, One Woman’s Meat...., Fertility Possibility?, Good Press, Bad Press, Parenthood and Paranoia, Hassle at the Hospital, Facing Your Photos, Digging Out Your Doc, Educating the Experts, Wavelength Article, Kitzinger Study, Science Museum Project, Women on the Web, ‘The New Black’?, Another Place, AID, The Last Word, Amielle Leaflets, Publications

ALIAS No. 16: Address Changes, Australia/Canada Update, Reactions to ALIAS No. 15, 4th US Meeting, 10th UK Meeting, AISSG Web Hits, Web Research Projects, Dangly-bits.com?, Web-elation, Managing Your Medics, FP92A Form, Diagnoses, Tammy’s Tale, Fertility Advance, Half-cloning, Ectopic Pregnancy, A Moan about Mothers, General Publications, Betty Dodson’s Advice, Members’ Talks/Articles/Films, AIS in Publications, Togetherness, Fancy Fuzz, Last Word on Cystitis

ALIAS No. 17: Wallis Simpson, Worldwide Representatives, Parents’ Email Circle, Next US Meeting, Canadian Update, Australian Update, Spanish Update, German Update, Baring Funding Success, AIS Symposium, NOGS Symposium, Appreciation, Andrew Higgins, ALIAS/Website Reactions, Carrier Testing, Cambridge AIS Paper, UK Research Studies, Overseas Research Studies, Fertility Breakthrough, Clinic of the Future?, 11th UK Meeting, UK Intersex Association, US Intersex Task Force, AIS in Articles and Books, OMNI, Greer Update, AIS on TV (Future), Ducks in a Row, AIS on TV (Past), Lucky Girl!, Publications, On the Rocks, March Merkins, Men’s Talk, The Last Word, The Last, Last Word

ALIAS No. 18: New European Representatives, UK Update, Continental Europe Update, Canadian Update, US Update, Research Studies Completed, Research Studies Progressing, UK AIS Conference?, TV Programmes, Web Site Update, New Enquiries, ALIAS No. 17 Appreciation, 5th US Group Meeting, 12th UK Group Meeting, UK Meeting Appreciation, Old Paradigm?, New Paradigm?, BAPU Meeting, BAPS Working Party, Scottish Long-Term Study, Australian Consortium, A “Stance” on Surgery?, Parents and ALIAS, Parents and Meetings, Parents and Parents, Parents Research Study, Childhood HRT?, Questions and Answers, Posing a Problem, Rewriting the Book, Donor Insemination, Genetic Babies for Gays?, In the PsXYchiatrist’s Chair, ‘Journey Intersex’ Documentary, Self-Raising Flower?, The Cracked Pot, Tavistock Conference, Sports Sex Testing, Books/Articles, What Nerve!, Top-gel, Australian Group, Antler Banter, “G-url Power?”, Foreign Signs

ALIAS No. 19: Pills from Wales, Next US Meeting, An Anniversary Letter, News from Holland, News from Canada, News from S. Africa, RCOG Guidelines, AIS Symposium, Update from Cathy Minto, Update from Julie Alderson, Completed Research, New Psychology Study, ALIAS/Web Enthusiasm, MRKH/Vaginal Atresia, Meeting Nerves, 13th UK Group Meeting, NASPAG Presentations, BritSPAG Presentation, Meetings, Mothers and Merkins, Talking to Family/Friends, Telling the Illness Story, Carrier Status, Pre-Natal Diagnosis, Mental Retardation?, Defective Info on Defects, Communication Skills, Vilain on WNT-4, Surgery Discussion in Circle, Informed Consent, Litigation, Eunuchs on UNIX?, Anyone for Castration?, Big Brother, More Fertility Hopes, Web Sites, Films/Theatre/TV, Books/Articles, Walking on Air, Looking the Part, Orchid Speak, Positioning Problem, The Trouble with Ts

ALIAS No. 20: Spreading the Word, Reactions to ALIAS, Reactions to Web Site, Reactions to Group, Speech for Denver, 6th US Group Meeting, Canadian Update, German Update, Spanish Update, Dutch Update, French Update, S. African Update, Vecchietti Method, Doing "The Business", Diagnostic Tests, Genetic Tests, Womb for Thought, Free Prescriptions, Papers/Studies Proposed, Jackie Doyle’s Study, Lesley Gallacher’s Study, Milton Diamond’s Study, Polly Carmichael’s Study, Open Letter to US Parents, QCCH/NSCAG, Paediatric Services, HGC Panel, Intersex Symposium, Talks to Medics, The Italian Job, Media Enquiries, TV/Radio Broadcasts, The "Dear Doctor" Letters, Origin of Term 'AIS', Incidence of AIS, UCLH/Leeds Publications, Clinical Photography, Surgery Info on the Web, Books/Articles, Floral Corner, The Merkin Man, The Last Word(s)

ALIAS No. 21: Orchids?, Back Issues, Membership Update, Naming Conventions, Reactions to ALIAS, Reactions to Web Site, 14th UK Meeting, 15th UK Meeting, 6th German Meeting, 3rd Dutch Meeting, 2nd Vancouver Meeting, 2nd Spanish Meeting, 7th USA Meeting, UCLH Clinic Open Day, Talking Terminology, Appeal to Parents, UCLH/GOSH/Leeds News, Dilation/Vecchietti, Womb Transplant, Meet your Mutation, DNA Testing Lab, Fiore de Henriquez, Lousie Bourgeois, But is it Art?, Magazine Articles, Patients to Doctors...., Doctors to Patients...., Films/TV Broadcasts, HRT Book, Symposium in Print, Sherri’s Textbook Chapter, Lesley and Melissa’s Paper, Other Books/Articles, Where There’s a Will..., Orchid Man, The Last Word

ALIAS No. 22: Back Issues, Membership Update, Appreciation, Answering Alison, Parents’ Views, Holland Update, Germany/Switz Update, Spain Update, N. America Update, 16th UK Meeting, Carrier Testing, Spreading the Word, Pisa Congress, Medical Textbook Chapter, CHI and ‘Hospital Doctor’, NSCAG Update, Magazine Articles, ‘Gender Trouble’ Film, Films in the Pipeline, Footballers’ Wives, Reproduction Rights?, National Osteoporosis Soc, Patient Information, SAGA/SGAN, GIG Events, A Positive Image, ‘Middlesex’ (The Book), Lo Kach Tearti Li, Museum Pieces, UCLH/Leeds Papers, Other Papers/Books/Articles, Problems ‘Down-Under’, Medhelp.org in the Press, Memberships/Affiliations, Prescription Certificate, Jan 2004 Conference , Heavenly Creatures?, Batteries Not Included

For details of how to access ALIAS see Literature page.