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  • adjective Of a human with attributes of both sexes.

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Examples

  • About 1 out of every 1600 Americans is born "intersexed" -- that is with genetic, anatomical or other conditions that render simple classification impossible.

    Michael Kimmel: The Bigotry of the Binary: The Case of Caster Semenya 2009

  • As my comment made abundantly clear, in some contexts, consideration of sexual preference is a factor of "ability to do the job" rather than of "prejudice or bigotry" assuming, arguendo, that we accept the concept of "intersexed" - which I take it is a euphemism for "transgendered" rather than hermaphrodite.

    Get ready for the government to look at you with X-ray eyes. Ann Althouse 2009

  • Some humans are born "intersexed," i.e.: born with chromosomal or other biological characteristics of both male and female.

    TEXAS FAITH: Why should science talk to religion? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • The two men then announced that a year-long study would be commissioned to establish how the military would accommodate those who seek to serve but who insist on doing so as avowedly gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and "intersexed" (formerly known as hermaphrodite) folks.

    Catholic Exchange Jr. Frank J. Gaffney 2010

  • And it is long past time that all segregation was ended, not just for those of us I am calling queer, not just for the gays and lesbians, the trans and bisexual, the intersexed and asexual, not just for all those of whatever sexual orientation or gender identity, but for people of colour, for people of disability, for any and all whose absence from our screens is due to their abjection.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • And it is long past time that all segregation was ended, not just for those of us I am calling queer, not just for the gays and lesbians, the trans and bisexual, the intersexed and asexual, not just for all those of whatever sexual orientation or gender identity, but for people of colour, for people of disability, for any and all whose absence from our screens is due to their abjection.

    A Sodomite's Sermon Hal Duncan 2009

  • Instead, you suggest that the intersexed should get surgery to correct the “problem.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010

  • An intersexed person is an individual whose internal and/or external sexual morphology has characteristics not specific to just one of the official sexes, but rather a combination of what is considered “normal” for “female” or “male”.

    Sugar and spice and all things neurobiological 2009

  • Lack of education is, for example, why so many straight folks are willing to support legislature that uses gender-specific language, even though it can have terrible lifelong repercussions for intersexed individuals.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010

  • You also continue to ignore the fact that God himself creates intersexed people on a regular basis.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010

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