Intersex
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- | Having both [[male]] and [[female]] characteristics, or characteristics [[intermediate]] between the sexes. | + | |
+ | '''Intersex''', in [[human]]s and other [[animal]]s, is a variation in [[sex]] characteristics including [[chromosome]]s, [[gonad]]s, or [[genital]]s that do not allow an individual to be distinctly identified as male or female. Such variation may involve genital ambiguity, and combinations of chromosomal [[genotype]] and sexual [[phenotype]] other than XY-male and XX-female. | ||
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+ | Intersex infants and children, such as those with ambiguous outer genitalia, may be surgically and/or hormonally altered to fit into a perceived more socially acceptable sex category. However, this is considered controversial, with no firm evidence of good outcomes. Such treatments may involve sterilization. Adults, including elite women athletes, have also been subjects of such treatment. Increasingly these issues are recognized as human rights abuses, with statements from UN agencies, a national parliament, and ethics institutions. Intersex organizations have also issued joint statements over several years as part of an [[International Intersex Forum]]. | ||
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+ | Research in the late 20th century indicates a growing medical consensus that diverse intersex bodies are normal—if relatively rare—forms of human biology. [[Milton Diamond]], one of the most outspoken experts on matters affecting intersex people, stresses the importance of care in the selection of language related to such people. | ||
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+ | Intersex people have all sorts of gender identities: like all individuals, some intersex individuals may be raised as a certain sex (male or female) but then identify with another gender identity later in life, while most do not; some may not identify themselves as either exclusively female or exclusively male. | ||
+ | ==Lists about intersex issues== | ||
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+ | === People and organizations === | ||
+ | *[[List of intersex people]] | ||
+ | *[[List of intersex people#Noted researchers on intersex|Researchers on intersex issues]] | ||
+ | *[[List of intersex organizations]] | ||
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+ | === Society and media === | ||
+ | *[[List of fictional intersex characters]] | ||
+ | *[[Literature about intersex]] | ||
+ | *[[Films about intersex]] | ||
+ | *[[Television works about intersex]] | ||
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+ | ==See also== | ||
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+ | === Medicine and biology === | ||
+ | *[[Disorders of sex development]] | ||
+ | *[[Hermaphrodite]] | ||
+ | *[[Sexual differentiation]] | ||
+ | *[[Sex differences in humans]] | ||
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+ | === Human rights events === | ||
+ | *[[Intersex Awareness Day]] | ||
+ | *[[Intersex Day of Remembrance]] | ||
+ | *[[International Intersex Forum]] | ||
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+ | === Related issues === | ||
+ | *[[Androgyny]] | ||
+ | *[[Gender]] | ||
+ | *[[Gender roles]] | ||
+ | *[[Gender identity]] | ||
+ | *[[Sex]] | ||
+ | *[[Third sex]] | ||
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Intersex, in humans and other animals, is a variation in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, or genitals that do not allow an individual to be distinctly identified as male or female. Such variation may involve genital ambiguity, and combinations of chromosomal genotype and sexual phenotype other than XY-male and XX-female.
Intersex infants and children, such as those with ambiguous outer genitalia, may be surgically and/or hormonally altered to fit into a perceived more socially acceptable sex category. However, this is considered controversial, with no firm evidence of good outcomes. Such treatments may involve sterilization. Adults, including elite women athletes, have also been subjects of such treatment. Increasingly these issues are recognized as human rights abuses, with statements from UN agencies, a national parliament, and ethics institutions. Intersex organizations have also issued joint statements over several years as part of an International Intersex Forum.
Research in the late 20th century indicates a growing medical consensus that diverse intersex bodies are normal—if relatively rare—forms of human biology. Milton Diamond, one of the most outspoken experts on matters affecting intersex people, stresses the importance of care in the selection of language related to such people.
Intersex people have all sorts of gender identities: like all individuals, some intersex individuals may be raised as a certain sex (male or female) but then identify with another gender identity later in life, while most do not; some may not identify themselves as either exclusively female or exclusively male.
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Lists about intersex issues
People and organizations
Society and media
- List of fictional intersex characters
- Literature about intersex
- Films about intersex
- Television works about intersex
See also
Medicine and biology
Human rights events
Related issues