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Intersex, in humans and other animals, describes variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies".
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 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 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 ...
Morgan Carpenter, Australian intersex activist who created the modern intersex flag which features a purple circle and yellow background, he is the co-executive director of Intersex Human Rights Australia. [13] Eleno de Céspedes, a 16th-century intersex person in Spain.
Hermaphrodites with Attitude was a newsletter edited by Cheryl Chase and published by the Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) between 1994 and 2005. [1] The full archives are available online. In 2008, ISNA transferred its remaining funds, assets, and copyrights to Accord Alliance and then closed.
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.
Androgyny is the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics. [1] Androgyny may be expressed with regard to biological sex or gender expression.. When androgyny refers to mixed biological sex characteristics in humans, it often refers to conditions in which characteristics of both sexes are expressed in a single individual.
Laura Inter of Mexican intersex organization Brújula Intersexual, imagines a society where sex or gender classifications are removed from birth certificates and other official identification documents, [50] and Morgan Carpenter of OII Australia states that, "the removal of sex and gender, like race and religion, from official documentation" is ...