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Intersex is a general term for an organism that has sex characteristics that are between male and female. [1] It typically applies to a minority of members of gonochoric animal species such as mammals (as opposed to hermaphroditic species in which the majority of members can have both male and female sex characteristics). [ 2 ]
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 people are born with sex characteristics, such as genitals, gonads and chromosome patterns, "that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies". [1] This list consists of notable researchers on intersex issues, including human rights, legal recognition and medical issues. The individual listings note the subject's main ...
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 ...
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.
Indeed, the President’s executive order institutionalizes a right-wing Christian nationalist view of gender rooted in a fictitious “biology” that intersex people debunk.
Disruption of typical development may result in the development of both, or neither, duct system, which may produce morphologically intersex individuals. Males: The SRY gene when transcribed and processed produces SRY protein that binds to DNA and directs the development of the gonad into testes. Male development can only occur when the fetal ...
Intersex people's right to life can be violated in discriminatory "sex selection" and "preimplantation genetic diagnosis, other forms of testing, and selection for particular characteristics". Such de-selection or selective abortions are incompatible with ethics and human rights standards due to the discrimination perpetrated against intersex ...