Intersex Discussion

Intersex Resources: Links to Online Resource Sites Intersex Society of North America Organization Intersex International Intersex in Australia The U.K. Intersex Association Bodies Like Ours Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group (AISSG) AIS Support Group Australia, Inc. Klinefelter Syndrome Support Group Turner's Syndrome XY Turners Genetic Mosaic Support Group Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser Syndrome The Hypospadias and Epispadias Association (HEA) This list is compiled for those seeking more information and online resources regarding intersexuality. Please add other resources by replying to this discussion thread.

What is Intersexuality? The term "intersexuality" comprises a large number of medical conditions that involve congenital abnormalities of the reproductive system. (1) People with an intersex condition are born with chromosomes, external genitalia, internal reproductive organs, and/or an endocrine system which do not match either male or female norms. Environmental factors, genetic factors and developmental factors all play a role in intersex conditions, but the causes and presentations of each condition vary widely. How common are intersex conditions? Estimates of intersex condition incidence range from 1 in 100 (2) to 2 in 10,000 (3) depending on the precise …

Gay Star News interviews the director of Intersexion, a new film that tells the story of the one in 2,000 newborn babies who don't fit neatly into a pink or blue crib 15 February 2013 | By Anna Leach " 'Intersex isn't uncommon, it's just unheard of,' says one of the 20 interviewees in Intersexion, a new documentary about people who aren't male or female that is showing this month at Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival and next month at Melbourne Queer Film Festival." --gaystarnews.com 'It's a baby' - the truth about intersex (w/Video)

I brougth my sis-in-law back stateside /w my wife & I: then quickly found out about her having CAH (non salt wasting). She is a high function Austism (sp), very shy, & a littly clingy. But, she tends to want to skeep /w her blue feeldoe & wear her share-sx during the day; even though she is "well endouded" enougth to urinate as a male due to her partly fused inner labia. Should my wife & I try to encourge her to 'act' female at leat some of the time, or just leave her be?

I've just been a little bit curious about this lately, and it's probably nothing, but reading things from google got me wondering. This is for any genetic male out there who still has male genetals. I've never seen another man's scrotum in a very definitive manner, and I've never seen the area behind the scrotum at all. But I've noticed that when I feel that area with my fingers, there's kind of a rigid area between the legs(behind the scrotum). I was wondering if all guys have this. I..erm...tried looking there in the mirror but I kind of put myself in dangerous positions trying to line the reflection up. I've read somewhere that the rigid line down the middle of the scr…

My hips spread during puberty (like I'm as wide as my mom) and I think I have a very feminine face. There are also other things I've noticed, like I've been told that my nipples are "really big for a guy" and I have no hair on my chest and my brother and father do. Is this enough information for me to know that I'm intersexed? Oh, and I'm a male to female transsexual, so there must be a connection between this and that, right? I feel like maybe I started to develop as a girl as a fetus and then something went horribly wrong and there was a switch of some kind. That might not make sense, but whatever. I do have what seems to be a fully functional penis, although I…

This is something iff'y but Tricky and touchy to Define in word's but We As humans must do What we feel is Right To Be Whole As A Person Gender Wise . Year's ago Sometimes @ Birth it is not Uncommon that Medical intervention is Used to help alleviate The Worries amongst young parents / or parent's and Dr's or Midwifes etc. This stuff goes back long time but it is hard to define To the Beggining's of Mankind .. Being a Organism with both Sex organs is Able to live is A Devine gift . With this being Spoken There is Curious Clues ( Medical )( Explanations ) but not Totally Factual as to what causes Hermaphroditism' Mank…

A have read across the various websites full of research into the different types of intersex and one concept still confuses me. Ovotestis. Wikipedia seems not to have a page on them. My understanding is that they are basically a combination of an ovary and a testicle. But some thigns are left unmentioned by most places I've looked. What type of cells do they produce? -Sperm -Ovum -OvoSperm? Where are they found in the body? -Where Ovaries should be? -Where Testicles should be? -One of each? -Somewhere in between? How many are there? -Is it possible to have two ovotestes? When (If ever) do they generate cells? -Ovaries generate Ova before even bei…

This may sound a little strange, especially since I am not intersexed myself. I am writing a novel in which one of the characters is a 'true hermaphrodite'. All the research I have found suggests that it is impossible to have both sets of functional genitalia. But for narrative reasons the child does have both sets of functional genitalia. I was wondering under what conditions (Kareotype etc) could such an arrangement occur. No matter how unlikely or no matter how pointless the speculation would be. For the record the child is only a few months old so I will not be addressing any difficult/unpleasent issues such as bullying/sex/upbringing/surgery. I do not want to…

well im want to meet an intersex, im relly open and trustworthy, i dont know exacly why i want this but i wan to meet someone.

Hi there, This is Ben and I'm new to this website. I'm also fairly new to Eugene/Springfield areas and would like to connect online with other intersex folks out here. I am intersex, was raised female, and am now almost 6 years post-transition female-to-male transsexual, for lack of better terms. I'm 41 and happily married. Have a great week! Ben

Happy to find this forum but now it looks like there is no one left in the intersex space. Hello?

I think I am going to ask my primary physican to test me for Klienfleter Syndrome. I believe I have a need to know my Chromasome Pattern status one and for all. I need to now whether I am just mental or if there is a biological basis for my thoughts and feelings. What do you think?

Good morning to all I been thinking long and hard on What intersexuality is about or a way to Define it's logic or misconceptions . Many of times a human being like myself has a unique trait or Quality As Referred to like secondary sexual characteristics etc.... Somehow Our Mastergland the PITUITARY GLAND may over produce or induce a gland or cell to manipulate somehow...in Fetal Development Life is full of unexplained answers and somethings are better left unsaid IMOP I know what About dolly the Sheep ??? Bhaaaaaaa its Dead Cant mess with mother Nature God We all scientifically can summarize Fetal development as A Life …

Somehow there is alot to A 4 letter word We call ( Love ) No matter what sexuality or sexual preference humans are or seek we all need Companionship / Love usually follow's somewhere in this cosmic trail of life . Intersexuality is Devine in A special way. I hope IS individual's realize how blessed life truly is . There is no wrong or right way to live ( Technically ) imop . What brought me to write tonight this particular hour is as I lye in bed next to my spouse I realize Compatibility is A denominator of our companionship . My life is complicated but I am A fun woman who is proud to just be me . Sure so many people judge eachother and all it…

Michael Magnusson, 21 Jan "Briffa said the attacks were motivated “purely because of my genetic intersex condition, sexual orientation and gender identity.” "Briffa was born with the rare condition called Partial Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome. Although genetically male Briffa was raised as female, undergoing female hormone therapy." --gaynewsnetwork.com.au Intersex councillor awarded intervention against stalker

anyone see the documentary on the national geographic channel last nite (15 sep 09) called Explorer: Sex, Lies and Gender ? if so, any comments? chances are, if you saw the show The Girl Who Cries Blood, you might have hung around and caught Explorer. it dawned on me this morning that The Girl Who Cries Blood was advertised - i saw the ads at least a half a dozen times in the past week. hmmmmm.... if you missed Explorer: Sex, Lies and Gender... it is supposed to air again on 19 sep at 6pm, and on 22 sep at 5pm. both times are central, U.S. Dr Tiger Howard DeVore is featured in this documentary. in the program, the parents of a 7 year old girl [somehow] get…

Good Morning Everyone Hi Again its ol me Judy I was watching television other night late and flipping through the channels I seen A lovely Model they looked like A Cross between A Boy / Girl A > Beautiful Tomboy and sure enough She was literally Both Sexes .. She was Stunning and Funny in her facial expressions ( smirks ) she made at the camera but yet super Androgenyous at times .. She was Amazing and she knew how to go either Way which I found Really kool she could look super tough Macho Testosterone Style and yet be the sweet Vixen @ times Steal A guys heart in A flash they are that beautiful Asian I think .... They were Reall…

I realized last night that I had hypospadias and bilateral cryptorchidism. I learned last night that I had a surgery at three years old to move one testicle down, and there was also some work done on my penis which I was told was a "circumcision" (this was 1972). Regardless of what the circumcision op was, I still had mild/moderate hypospadias until my sex reassignment surgery 20 years later. I only learned last night that I had hypospadias and that I had bilateral cryptorchidism (as I was never told obout the surgery to correct one of the testes). Another part of my story is that the testicle that remained in my abdomen got torsion at age 11 and was rendered nonfunc…

I've been a healthy male as far as I could tell for the last 21 years. However as of late, especailly do to commentary by one of my girlfriends i've kind of questioned if I was really born a normal baby boy. *warning, next part is a wee bit descriptive and blunt* As a treat to my girlfriend, I did the whole "porn start cut" on my penis and scrotum. While she loved it, she noted that I had a pretty wierd scar along my scrotum leading down pretty far toward my anus. She even noted it felt there were scar tissue from stiches. Now at the time it wasn't that much of a concern, since I was otherwise pre-occupied. However after the incident I began to examine what she…

I was doing dishes this morning and thinking about various recent conversations and posts on the Internet when something hit me like a ton of bricks! I am in my mid-50s and grew up with a very strong female gender identity and (seemingly) pretty normal male genitalia. The only oddity was that, at puberty, I had both some male and some female development. Because my self identification was strongly female and I hated the “male parts”, I started self-medicating very early (about 14 years old) and tried to swamp any masculinization with estrogen. I lived a dual life for many years (female and androgynous). I had genital surgery at age 24 and took to my new life like a fis…

A second meeting of activists for intersex rights has called on the medical community and the UN to respect their rights 13 December 2012 | By Anna Leach " The demands included the ending of genital surgeries to 'normalize' and selective abortion on the grounds of intersex and ensuring 'the personal, free, prior and fully informed' consent of the intersex person before medical procedures." -gaystarnews.com Second international intersex forum demands doctors change their ways

Gender Puzzle (part 1 of 5) Video description: Are we on the cusp of discovering what determines gender? The old mantra - all girls have XX chromosomes and all boys have XY - is no longer reliable. Scientists are now looking beyond chromosomes to "brain sex" and the role of newly discovered genes. By studying transsexuals and people on the gender extremes, they believe they can unlock the gender puzzle. This high-quality documentary looks at the new and challenging science of gender.

Life is like a bowl of spaghetti !!! In the cooking pot them noodles re arrange , change > Well so do we and this is what is so interesting about each of us . Questions like this > I wonder if I was born this way or that wayy ??? I see these questions all to much . In a nutshell rheotorically speaking the true You can only find the answers to your heart by following your gut instinct . Only you truthfully will know the answers to your true gender saga ... Intersexuality is a beautifull charm of life . Intersex people were treated like Goddesses and Gods because of their unique features . These day's our world has become a beauty paegent , Intersex…

Hey, this IS NEWS . CNN news reports that Germany will allow a Third Birth marker on Birth papers ! Just in from CNN News sources : I bet a close friend of mine who is Intersexed and Austrian Born is probably THRILLED to see this . She has suffered a lifetime of abuse and I was so sorry to see her have to leave the states as her Visa had run out . She knew she could never go back to Germany . Her father was an SS officer in WWII. He had put a price on her head ! Mary - Anne , if you see this , Ellen sez howdy ..............