My Name Was Baby
An Intersex Memoir
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Chris M. Arnone
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From a rising intersex activist in the Midwest, a candid memoir about growing up different and an inspiring story of self-discovery and self-acceptance.
When Chris Arnone was born in Independence, Missouri, nobody could tell what sex he was. For the first few days of his life, until a chromosome test confirmed he was a boy, his parents called him Baby. From this first, literal “coming out,” it was clear he was different. His life was punctuated by a string of surgeries and trips to the ER, unrecognizable and confusing diagrams in sex ed class, and the need to preface every intimate encounter by explaining his medical history. But it wasn’t until he was 37 that he discovered he didn’t have “birth defects”—he was intersex.
In this fresh and affirming memoir, Chris’s struggles with anxiety, confusion, and a painful journey toward self-acceptance will be familiar to LGBTQIA+ people everywhere. But he also offers a perspective that is largely untold: that of an intersex man, existing in the toxic masculine culture of the heartland; parents who were open and accepting of his differences; and doctors who (mostly) did no harm.
It is a deep and wide exploration of religion and politics, gender and sexuality, frat parties, burlesque shows, and Magic: The Gathering. Arnone boldly shows how the lives of intersex folks can be so different and yet so familiar to everyone, helping us all take one step closer to understanding and acceptance.
With raw vulnerability, emotional range, and a quick wit, My Name Was Baby offers something inspiring for everyone, from self-assured manly men to confused genderqueer kids. It is the story of someone who came to love who he is and hopes everyone else can love themselves, too.
©2026 Chris M. Arnone (P)2026 Plainspoken Books
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“Arnone’s vulnerability impressed even someone like me who exercises that muscle for a living. His bravery will help others understand our struggles more viscerally and his emotional range is a beacon for others who share his gender even if not his intersex traits.”—Alicia Roth Weigel, author of Inverse Cowgirl: A Memoir—A Funny, Vital Account of Intersex Identity, Activism, and Reclaiming Bodily Autonomy
“My Name Was Baby is a brave and intimate exploration of the search for identity, belonging, and the meaning of manhood beyond the narrow rules of masculinity. It’s a reflection on what it means to live truthfully—to let go of shame, to question what we’ve been taught, and to find freedom in being fully ourselves. It is an intersex story filled with honesty and heart that you won’t forget.”—Georgiann Davis, author of Five Star White Trash: A Memoir of Fraud and Family
“In Chris Arnone’s My Name Was Baby, readers are taken through a buffet of experiences of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Here, we get to feel the summer heat of water balloon fights, navigate divorce, search for ourselves in the faces—and bodies—of others and do that never-ending-American-quest: search for who we really are. Long overdue has been the book from Middle America about what it means to be intersex in our culture, and now, thanks to Arnone’s unrelenting drive to get down on the page what one story of being intersex looks like, we have the path laid for others. At a time when so much is at stake in our libraries, our classrooms, and in our everyday conversations, Arnone blows in like a fresh breeze to help remind us what’s at the heart of what we’re after: being understood, heard, and appreciated for who we are.”—Taylor Brorby, author of Boys an Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land