Intersex
Intersex refers to people who do not have typical male or female physical characteristics. The term intersex is used to describe people who are born with unusual sexual anatomy, rather than people who have changed their sexual anatomy through surgery or other treatment, who are typically referred to as transexual.
There is a wide variation in the extent to which people are affected by intersex, as well as the degree to which intersex characteristics are problematic for them. Obviously, social acceptance plays a major role in how negatively having intersex characteristics affects people. Because medical professionals are not consistently well trained in understanding intersex issues, they do not always provide the best advice for the parents of a newborn with intersex characteristics.
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