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Mani's story

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Mani Bruce Mitchell had a long and painful journey to find their identity as an intersex person. Watch this clip from the television documentary Yellow for hermaphrodite: Mani's story, in which they talk about coming to terms with the circumstances of their birth.

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Greenstone TV

Reference: Yellow for hermaphrodite - Mani's story. Producer and director, John Keir. Auckland: Greenstone Pictures, 2002.

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Johanna Schmidt, Gender diversity – Diverse sex development, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/28891/manis-story (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Johanna Schmidt, published 30 March 2011, reviewed and revised 4 May 2021 with assistance from Gender Minorities Aotearoa.