In addition to surgery, treatment of children and adults who are intersex can also include hormone replacement therapy. Historically, intersex conditions were often considered by medical practitioners to be a medical problem that required solving by medical means.
Intersex surgeries include reducing or repositioning a clitoris (which can result in the loss of sexual sensation), creating or altering a vagina, moving a urethra that already works, and removing organs that would make sex hormones (such as gonadectomy, which can result in sterilization).
The Intersex Society of North America—a well regarded and effective patient support group—recommends that no surgery should be performed unless absolutely necessary for the physical health and comfort of an intersexual child.
Intersex traits in and of themselves are not life-threatening, although they are sometimes associated with other serious medical symptoms, such as with salt-wasting congenital adrenal hyperplasia (SW CAH) and turner syndrome.
Some people are actually born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn't fit traditional sex binaries of male and female. This is generally called 'intersex', and intersex people too may have periods.
Some intersex people have both testes and ovaries. You may be able to get pregnant on your own, if you also have a uterus. However, if you have testes, they may be releasing more testosterone than would be optimal for conception and pregnancy.
Being intersex is also more common than most people realize. It's hard to know exactly how many people are intersex, but estimates suggest that about 1-2 in 100 people born in the U.S. are intersex.
Some intersex people may indeed be deemed to have impaired endocrine or reproductive function. Intersex people who also suffer gender dysphoria may qualify as having a mental disability under the ADA.
Intersex rights in Australia are protections and rights afforded to intersex people through statutes, regulations, and international human rights treaties, including through the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) which makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person based upon that person's intersex status in ...
Intersex variations are not abnormal and should not be seen as 'birth defects'; they are natural biological variations and occur in up to 1.7 per cent of all births. Most people with intersex variations are not born with atypical genitalia, however this is common for certain intersex variations.
Some intersex people experience typical puberties while others can have different experiences during puberty. For example, those with androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) and Turner Syndrome, go through puberty later than usual or don't experience all the usual parts of puberty, like hair growth.
It is estimated that up to 1.7 percent of the population has an intersex trait and that approximately 0.5 percent of people have clinically identifiable sexual or reproductive variations.
A California lawmaker is withdrawing a bill that would have banned some medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children until they are old enough to participate in the decision. Jan. 4, 2022, at 10:19 a.m.
Any child—intersex or not—may decide later in life that she or he was given the wrong gender assignment; but children with certain intersex conditions have significantly higher rates of gender transition than the general population, with or without treatment.
They may be due to variations in sex chromosomes or genetic changes that affect the body's production of or response to hormones. Sometimes, intersex traits are identified at birth, while others are not identified until later in life (or not at all).
An intersex baby may: Appear female on the outside but have mostly male anatomy on the inside, or vice versa. Have genitals that seem to be in between male and female. Have some cells with female chromosomes (XX) and some with male (XY).
Abstract. Background: There are 11 reported cases of pregnancy in true hermaphrodites, but none with advanced genetic testing. All known fetuses have been male. Case: A true hermaphrodite with a spontaneous pregnancy prenatally known to have a remaining portion of a right ovotestis, delivered a male neonate.
Caster Semenya, 800 m Olympic gold medalist. Edinanci Silva, Brazilian judoka and gold medalist in the woman's half-heavyweight division at the Pan-American games. Dawn Langley Simmons (1937 or 1922 to 2000), English author and biographer.
A pediatric endocrinologist (who deals with variations of physical growth and sexual development in childhood), a urologist (to treat genital abnormalities) and a psychiatrist (to help with emotional, mental, and social issues) should also be involved in helping you to make decisions for your child. Seek support.
Lots of people with intersex that we know are legally married.
Explained: The 33 Gender Identities Recognised By The Australian Sex Survey.
Sex selection is a hotly debated issue that has been raging for decades in Australia. It is currently not legal to choose the gender of an IVF baby in Australia but it is allowed elsewhere, for example, Italy, the US, Mexico and many Asian countries.
Brotherboy and sistergirl: Aboriginal communities use these terms to describe transgender people and their relationships as a way of validating and strengthening their gender identities and relationships. Non-trans but non-conforming Aboriginal people may also use these terms.