intersex
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- noun
- /ˈɪntərsɛks/
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intersex
- An intersex person may have physical characteristics that include both male and female anatomy.
- intersex condition
- intersex individuals
- intersex child
It's like there's I don't in a major, you know, film, there's never been an intersex character, right?
- It's like there's I don't in a major, you know, film, there's never been an intersex character, right?
- Your kid must be the, the biological sex that they were born unless they are intersex.
- It's very rare to find more, more than one person who's who's trans or intersex in in in any given sport.
- Again, it's not as simple as penis and vulva because intersex people exist where there will be different variations of genitals.
- So I use the term intersex and DSD interchangeably, but but many people might be more familiar with hermaphrodite.
- I know people who are intersex and they're they're screwed.
- There's been histories published of intersex people before one in the back.
- In fact, one of the world's leading Centers for sex change surgery is in fact in Saudi Arabia and where they're doing hundreds of surgeries on intersex.
Examples
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The medical saying do no harm plays a prominent role in care for intersex individuals.
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There is no dispute that these conditions are indeed intersex conditions.
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The chief problem with this list is that the five most common conditions listed are not intersex conditions.
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I know some intersex guys who also identify as trans men who never got a period.
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While there are some intersex conditions, they're rare.
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Sex refers to a person's biological status and is typically categorized as male, female, or intersex.
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Because these conditions are in some sense "in-between" the two sexes, they are collectively referred to as intersex.
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Now, most intersex people aren't transgender, and most transgender people aren't intersex.
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Without these five conditions, intersex becomes a rare occurrence, occurring in fewer than 2 out of every 10,000 live births.
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Fausto-Sterling defines all sex chromosome complements other than XX or XY as intersex.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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A person, animal, or plant with both male and female sex organs
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A person born with both male and female body parts
A person born with both male and female body parts so it is unclear if they are male or female
A person born with both male and female sexual parts
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intersex comes from the part inter- meaning 'between' and sex meaning 'male or female'. So, intersex describes people born with bodies that do not fit the usual categories of 'male' or 'female'.