Esther-Lester was our favorite performer at the Port Royal Fair in the 1970s. Back then, individuals born with variations in sex characteristics—then commonly referred to as hermaphrodites—faced absolute medical secrecy, forced corrective surgeries to conform to a strict gender binary, and profound social isolation. #hermaphrodite #estherlester #sexcharacteristics #variationsinsexcharacteristics #isolation #medicalsecrecy #forcedsurgery #forcedsurgeries #civilrights #transrights #equalrights