Local Voices

This blog-style section of our website is where people from the Cincinnati Tri-State region can share their own personal stories about how circumcision has impacted their lives, regrets, lessons learned, minds changed, intact successes, funny surprises, or just overall experiences in the intactivism movement or raising intact children. Our goal is to reinforce that circumcision complications are real and quite common, and that the "intact generation" is also happening right here in our hometown, not just some far-off land in a distant state.

Josh's Journey Into Intactivism

Like many people, my early understanding of circumcision was limited and sugar-coated. That has changed dramatically, starting with a simple diagram many years ago in high school anatomy class. I now strongly advocate for leaving boys intact.
Continue reading Josh's Journey Into Intactivism.

 

Austin's Story

I didn't have a choice. My body has been irreparably mutilated through a forced childhood genital cutting that many people euphemistically call "circumcision." This is my experience, the reality that I must live with every day.
Continue reading Austin's Story.

 

If you have a story you would like to share, please contact us. If you know anyone who might be interested in contributing, please reach out to them for us. These stories can be of any length, and preferably include at least one picture. A short (1-2 sentence) biography is optional, but the city/town and state of residency must be included. We reserve the right to select which submissions are published on our website, as well as to edit submissions for grammar/language prior to publishing. If we make edits, we will work with you to make sure the final content and message is still as you intended. To submit your story or ask related questions, email us or message our Facebook Page.