‘Every Body’ Review: Documentary From ‘RBG’ Director Sensitively Chronicles Fight for Intersex Rights

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Julie Cohen returns with an intimate film about how the intersex community challenges society's obsession with the gender binary.

is guided by a single question: In a world of binaries, where do intersex people fit? The answer — perhaps we should abolish categories altogether — isn’t very complicated, but creating that reality will be a struggle., opens her most recent film with a montage of gender reveal parties.

The popularity of this practice, in which expectant parents plan an elaborate celebration around the predicted and subsequently disclosed sex of their unborn baby, shows how committed society is to the idea of two genders. Videos of couples staging ornate special effects, bursting into tears at the sight of pink confetti or blue fireworks, are haunting. These parties assume that children will play into normative behaviors based on their sex.

 

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