Keep reading to learn more about some of them. Intersex people were previously referred to as hermaphrodites or congenital eunuchs [11][12] in the 19th and 20th centuries, some medical experts devised new nomenclature in an attempt to classify the characteristics that they had observed, the first attempt to create a taxonomic classification system of intersex conditions. Understanding intersex intersex is an umbrella term, meaning a person can be born with a variety of conditions to be intersex The characteristics a person has can vary based on what makes them intersex Let’s learn about some of the conditions that can make people intersex, and how no two intersex people are the same
Over 50 intersex variations have been well described by the medical establishment [2]. Being intersex means having anatomy that doesn’t fit into a male/female sex binary Most intersex people are healthy and surgery isn’t necessary. Intersex conditions, also known as disorders of sex development (dsd), occur when infants are born with a mix of male and female genitalia The defect lies within the chromosomes, gonads, or anatomical sex, and the degree to which the external and internal reproductive organs are affected varies.
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