Most intersex people are healthy and surgery isn’t necessary. Physical gender is not always just a matter of xx or xy, girl or boy Learn about a range of intersex conditions. Typically, people born with female body parts have two x chromosomes, and those born with male body parts have one x and one y Intersex people can have xx or xy chromosomes, or other mixes of x and y chromosomes in various cells Let’s look at some examples
The full spectrum of intersex variations encompasses over 30 different types Keep reading to learn more about some of them. Intersex is an umbrella term that describes any person whose sex characteristics do not neatly fit into binary categories Intersex people might have sex organs that include both xx and xy sex characteristics Babies born intersex are often subjected to superfluous surgery in infancy in order to make their genitals appear either male or female. Anatomical variations involve differences in external genitalia or internal reproductive organs
