Difference between revisions of "Intersex"
From LGBT Archive
Ross Burgess (Talk | contribs) (→Chromosome differences) |
m |
||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
*[[Intersex UK]] | *[[Intersex UK]] | ||
*[[UK Intersex Association]] | *[[UK Intersex Association]] | ||
| + | *[[OII UK]] (Organisation Intersex International) | ||
==Notable intersex people== | ==Notable intersex people== | ||
| Line 38: | Line 39: | ||
[[Category:Intersex| ]] | [[Category:Intersex| ]] | ||
| − | |||
[[Category:Terminology]] | [[Category:Terminology]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:34, 4 August 2024
Intersex is a term applied to people whose biological sex cannot be classed as clearly male or female.
- "An intersex person may have the biological attributes of both sexes or lack some of the biological attributes considered necessary to be defined as one or the other sex."[1]
Contents
Intersex conditions
There are various types of intersex condition, with different causes, including:
- Klinefelter syndrome (see below)
- androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) in which the person has a Y chromosome, but the androgens (male sex hormones) are not produced as normal.
Chromosome differences
The nucleus of a human cell usually contains 46 chromosomes, comrpising 22 pairs of autosomes, plus two allosomes (sex chromosomes). The two allosomes are usually X and Y for a man, or X and X for a woman. Some other combinations are:
- 45,X – a female with one X chromosome missing, also known as Turner syndrome
- 47,XYY – a male with an extra Y chromosome
- 47,XXY – a male with an extra X chromosome, also known as Klinefelter syndrome
- 47,XXX – a female with an extra X chromosome
Organisations
- Intersex UK
- UK Intersex Association
- OII UK (Organisation Intersex International)
Notable intersex people
Some people who have been claimed to be intersex include:
References
- This article is a stub. You can help the UK LGBT History Project by expanding it.
- ↑ http://oiiinternational.com/2533/welcome/ OII International website
