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Intersex people have many different gender identities, [2] and so there is no presumption that people on this list have any particular sex assigned at birth, nor any particular gender identity. This list consists of well-known intersex people. The individual listings note the subject's main occupation or source of notability.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 December 2024. Atypical congenital variations of sex characteristics This article is about intersex in humans. For intersex in other animals, see Intersex (biology). Not to be confused with Hermaphrodite. Intersex topics Human rights and legal issues Compulsory sterilization Discrimination Human rights ...
Intersex people have been treated in different ways by different cultures. Whether or not they were socially tolerated or accepted by any particular culture, the existence of intersex people was known to many ancient and pre-modern cultures and legal systems, and numerous historical accounts exist.
Hermaphrodite is a series of photographs of a young intersex person, who had a male build and stature and may have been assigned female or self-identified as female, taken by the French photographer Nadar (real name Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) in 1860.
Ovotesticular syndrome (also known as ovotesticular disorder or OT-DSD) is a rare congenital condition where an individual is born with both ovarian and testicular tissue. [1] [2] It is one of the rarest DSDs, with only 500 reported cases. [3]
Historically, the term hermaphrodite was used in law to refer to people whose sex was in doubt. The 12th-century Decretum Gratiani states that "Whether an hermaphrodite may witness a testament, depends on which sex prevails" ("Hermafroditus an ad testamentum adhiberi possit, qualitas sexus incalescentis ostendit."). [44] [45]
Canon lawyer Henry of Segusio argues that a "perfect hermaphrodite" where no sex prevailed should choose their legal gender under oath. [15] [16]Henry de Bracton's De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae ("On the Laws and Customs of England", c. 1235) [17] classifies mankind as "male, female, or hermaphrodite", [18] and a "hermaphrodite is classed with male or female according to the ...
Intersex people were historically termed hermaphrodites, "congenital eunuchs", [2] [3] or even congenitally "frigid". [4] Such terms have fallen out of favor, now considered to be misleading and stigmatizing. [5] Intersex people have been treated in different ways by different religions and cultures, and numerous historical accounts exist.