GenderTalk

Scott Kerlin, PhD is the head of the DES Sons International Network. He is a professional counsellor and researcher originally from the United States and now living and working in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Kerlin has been a university lecturer, counsellor, research manager, college administrator, and private research consultant since completing his Ph.D. in 1992. His interdisciplinary research about human sexuality, gender, and reproductive health spans more than 20 years, and his research about the human effects of DES spans the last seven years.

Wayne Beyer, MD is a retired ophthalmic surgeon, graduate of Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Says Beyer, "I was exposed to DES in utero in 1951 and subsequently developed a host of congenital anomalies, urogenital and psychological problems. I consider myself intersexed, both genitally as well as neurologically, and have begun my transition from living as a man to living as a woman. I discovered my exposure to DES in the 1980's after searching for decades to discover the cause of my gender 'confusion.' I came across the DES Sons website in 2000, hooked up with Scott Kerlin and have grown into the position of co-moderator and resident medical expert for the list. I am actively pushing the Sons' interests with various political and research groups, trying to bring the scientific, medical and environmental communities together to head off the burgeoning endocrine disruptor crisis. "