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'''Dawn Rachel Vago''' is an intersex woman. | [[File:Dawn Rachel Vago.jpg|thumb|Dawn Rachel Vago]]'''Dawn Rachel Vago''' (aged 33 in 2013)<ref name=Ind /> is an intersex woman. | ||
She was born with XY [[chromosome]]s and [[androgen insensitivity syndrome]] and had the appearance of a normal girl, but the doctors told her parents she had testes which would have to be removed. She has always strongly identified as female.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/special-report-intersex-women-speak-out-to-protect-the-next-generation-8974892.html Sarah Morrison, Special report: Intersex women speak out to protect the next generation. ''The Independent'', 30 November 2013</ref> | She was born with XY [[chromosome]]s and [[androgen insensitivity syndrome]] and had the appearance of a normal girl, but the doctors told her parents she had testes which would have to be removed. She has always strongly identified as female.<ref name=Ind>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/special-report-intersex-women-speak-out-to-protect-the-next-generation-8974892.html Sarah Morrison, Special report: Intersex women speak out to protect the next generation. ''The Independent'', 30 November 2013</ref> | ||
She is Co-director, with [[Holly Greenberry]], of [[Intersex UK]]. | |||
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Revision as of 19:15, 26 April 2016
Dawn Rachel Vago (aged 33 in 2013)[1] is an intersex woman.
She was born with XY chromosomes and androgen insensitivity syndrome and had the appearance of a normal girl, but the doctors told her parents she had testes which would have to be removed. She has always strongly identified as female.[1]
She is Co-director, with Holly Greenberry, of Intersex UK.
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/special-report-intersex-women-speak-out-to-protect-the-next-generation-8974892.html Sarah Morrison, Special report: Intersex women speak out to protect the next generation. The Independent, 30 November 2013