Intersex Anatomy

What is Intersex?

Some people are born with anatomy that differs from what society deems either female or male biology. When a person is born with different chromosome or a combination of male and female genitalia they are deemed ‘intersex’.

There is nothing medically wrong with being intersex and it is much more common than people realize. Intersex characteristics present differently in everyone and can be a combination of physical genitalia or hormones. A person may have have “male” genitalia, but release “female” hormones during puberty.

When a person was born intersex, it used to be that doctors and parents decided whether or not to raise the baby male or female, and performed surgery if required. Most of these surgeries are unnecessary and can cause complication when a person grows up and realizes that they don’t fit into the gender they were assigned at birth.

Today, some people argue that cosmetic surgeries on the genitals of intersex babies are medically unnecessary and should be postponed until the child is old enough to decide for themselves, if and which gender they would like to be, or if they would like to conform at all.


Diagrams and More Information

https://intersexroadshow.blogspot.com/2011/04/intersex-genitalia-illustrated-and.html