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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. 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 refers to the state where naturally someone's sex chromosomes, genitalia, and, or secondary sex characteristics do not fit typical notions for male or female bodies. This category collects pages and categories solely related to intersex medical issues and medical treatment.
Pidgeon Pagonis, U.S. intersex artist and activist, nominated as a 2015 Whitehouse LGBT Champion of Change. [40] Dee Palmer, formerly David Palmer, English composer and keyboardist, best known for membership in Jethro Tull. Pinki Pramanik, Indian track athlete. Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American military commander thought to have an intersex trait.
Intersex can be contrasted with homosexuality or same-sex attraction.Numerous studies have shown higher rates of same sex attraction in intersex people, [6] [7] with a recent Australian study of people born with atypical sex characteristics finding that, while 48% labeled themselves as straight, 52% of respondents labeled themselves as various other categories besides heterosexual.
The term intersex is used to describe people born with physical sex characteristics that do […] It is estimated that up to 1.7% of the world’s population is born with intersex traits ...
Intersex banner at a trans march reading: "Trans and intersex, migrants in social danger: expulsions, impoverishment, contamination, and violence." Existrans 2017, Paris. There is a high bias to assign intersex people with ambiguous genitalia as female at birth, as it was generally thought that it was easier to create a girl than a boy ...
There has been relatively scant data collected on the number of LGBTQ+ residents in the U.S., particularly intersex people — those born with physical traits that don’t fit typical definitions ...
Garcia’s Protect Intersex Children Act would bar physicians from performing genital surgeries on a foster child younger than 6 years old born with intersex traits, or natural variations in sex ...