Definitions
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- noun having the physical features of both
sexes - noun the state in which biological sex cannot be classified as belonging to one
gender or the other
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Examples
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It can also coexist with other types of intersexuality, though if another kind of intersexuality is present then an additional diagnosis of Benjamin's Syndrome would generally be considered superfluous.
A Reply from a guy I used to know Zoe Brain 2007
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It can also coexist with other types of intersexuality, though if another kind of intersexuality is present then an additional diagnosis of Benjamin's Syndrome would generally be considered superfluous.
Archive 2007-05-01 Zoe Brain 2007
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Alice Dreger, on the Hasting Center blog, alerts us to Dr. Maria New, who's been giving the experimental medication dexamethasone (dex) to pregnant women concerned their child might have congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH, an adrenal condition that results sometimes in intersexuality in girls, rarely in death, sometimes in life-long medication, but has also been associated with tomboyishness and lesbianism) without informed consent.
Alex Blaze: The Sad Lengths Some Go to Avoid Having a Lesbian Daughter 2010
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This week I read an interesting article about intersexuality in Gaza, Palestine.
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These children have suffered as a result of their intersexuality.
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These rumors were abetted by anecdotal reports of recognized athletes who were found to have varying degrees of intersexuality.
Archive 2009-09-01 Tenured Radical 2009
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In my reading on the subject of intersexuality, I came across an op-ed about Caster Semenya written by a person who identifies as intersex.
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I tried to research intersexuality on the internet, but could not find very much reliable information.
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Transsexuality or intersexuality fits in that continuum as well.
Today's Battle Zoe Brain 2008
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A intersexual friend of mine has been told be her doctor, that a harelip is often corelated to intersexuality she had one, when she was born
A Nose By Any Other Name Would Smell Zoe Brain 2008
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