Esther Morris Leidolf

Esther Morris Leidolf is an American medical sociologist, and author of NOT UNCOMMON, Just Unheard of. An intersex activist, writer, and the founder of the MRKH Organization, Leidolf was the board secretary for the Intersex Society of North America.

Career
Leidolf is a US-based medical sociologist with a background in public health data management, writer, the founder of the MRKH Organization, and was the board secretary for the now-defunct Intersex Society of North America. In roles with ISNA and MRKH Organization, Morris Leidolf spoke at conferences and events, including the LGBTI Health Summit. Works include The Missing Vagina Monologue. Morris Leidolf has stated,

"'Being born without a vagina was not my problem. Having to get one was the real problem.'"

Alongside other activists, Morris Leidolf was critical of a 2006 shift in clinical language from intersex to disorders of sex development. Morris Leidolf also appears in the award-winning 2012 documentary Intersexion.