intersex

intersex

Describing a person who has a sexual or reproductive anatomy or chromosomal traits that exist on the spectrum between what would be classified as distinctly male or female. She is intersex herself and working to destigmatize the term. Intersex people are entitled to the same respect—and rights—as the rest of us, OK?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • binary
  • have all the hallmarks of (someone or something)
  • have all the hallmarks of somebody/something
  • have someone pegged
  • have (got) (one) pegged as (something)
  • bareback
  • what you see is what you get
  • WYSIWYG
  • the child is father to the man
  • the child is father of the man
References in periodicals archive
TRIBE MIX UPNominated Senator Isaac Mwaura, the intersex people's ambassador, said it is a question of sex and not gender, and urged all intersex people to come out and be counted since it is the only way for them to be recognised.Many children born with ambiguous genitalia have faced stigma, discrimination and premature corrective surgery.
Her parents want Victory to be accepted for who she is; instead of changing Victory, they are intent on changing the world so it is more accepting of intersex people.
What has gone under the label of "intersex" encompasses such a wide variety of conditions that it is simply impossible for any principle, law, or procedure to adequately cover everything.
"There is no published, transparent and reproducible evidence of a clear … advantage by women athletes born with variations of sex characteristics," said Morgan Carpenter, co-executive director of Intersex Human Rights Australia on Friday.
Austria's constitutional court made a similar ruling to Germany's in June, while Australia, New Zealand, Malta, India and Canada have all passed measures to redress issues facing intersex citizens.
"People need to understand the difference between homosexuality and Intersex and GID," Ms Janahi told the GDN.
An official of the Edhi Foundation in Karachi, Mohammad Bilal told Dawn that intersex children are brought up in the centre like the rest of the children and are also taught professional skills.
She divides her book into two parts, and in part I begins by discussing the variety of conditions that lead to the designation of intersex; androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS), congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), Turner's syndrome, and Klinefelter's, and others, are all described in detail in terms of the causes and possible manifestations of each condition.
En consecuencia, el sexo-genero diverso, hace referencia al termino que reconoce la existencia de una multiplicidad de vidas en la sociedad y una variedad de orientaciones, expresiones e identidades que contienen cargas afectivas, de genero y sexo entre las personas como lo son el grupo de personas; Lesbianas, Gais, Bisexuales, Trans e intersex (LGBTI).
"Transgender and Intersex Community Election Manifesto 2018" is expected to be launchedby the end of this week," member of the CM's special committee on the transgender persons, K-P, Qamar Naseem said.Naseem also added that the Transgender Election Network has also been established for ensuring equal participation of the community in the upcoming general elections.
Transgender and Intersex community in Pakistan are a marginalized population.
It has been reported that an extremely rare intersex shark has was caught in the waters off of southern Taiwan earlier in 2017.
According to a marine biologists at the University of Hawaii, Carl Meyer, these intersex sharks are extremely rare.
The nation's top court ruled November 8 that individuals bom as "intersex" must have the option of registering as neither male nor female.
Dubai: An intersex person and a male tourist were apprehended from a hotel room for being involved in a sexual encounter after cybercrime policemen tracked them down through Snapchat and Twitter.