Intersex People
Intersex

“A general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male.” – Intersex Society of North America

Disorders of Sex Development

Intersex (DSD)

For example…

XY + testes but external genitalia do not align

Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS) = XY female

Partial Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (PAIS) = spectrum of male to female external genitalia

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) = in XX persons, produces a spectrum of external genitalia

“Guevedoches” (5-Alpha Reductase Deficiency Syndrome)

Transgender vs. intersex


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