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Sexing the Difference in Gender and the Anomalies of Interpretation

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Author: Chris Somers xxy Date of first publication at OII Australia.com: 8 February 2010 Copyright: International © copyright by Chris Somers xxy 2010 About Chris Somers xxy: The author, namely Kai Chris Somers xxy of this presentation is: 47 XXY, who is believed by medical investigation to have ovaries, a collapsed internal vagina and who…
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Our true faces – Why ask for help?

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Author: Marie-Noëlle Baechler, OII Switzerland Year of first publication: 2006 Translation: Curtis E. Hinkle, from the French original Disclaimer: The following is written within a Swiss legal and medical context and may not apply to laws in different states in the United States or in other countries. This is provided as a service to those…
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Hida Viloria on Intersex Human Rights in the USA

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Author: Hida Viloria, Director or OII USA, Chairperson of Organisation Intersex International – OII Date of first publication in OII Australia.com: 15 March 2010 UNLIKE most other minority groups, the most tangible discrimination which intersex people have faced has been medical. I feel that this is partly responsible for why some intersex organizations have remained…
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Intersex and 5-alpha reductase deficiency

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5-ALPHA reductase deficiency is similar to the androgen resistance syndromes – AIS. Individuals with 5-alpha reductase deficiency have XY chromosomes and testes but appear phenotypically female at birth. This variation results from the body’s failure to convert testosterone to dihydrotestosterone, the more powerful form of androgen responsible for the development of male external genitalia. Despite a…
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From Pakistan to the USA and the International Olympics Committee, Intersex People are Treated as Less or Other than Human

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Author: Bhakti Ananda Goswami, board member, OII USA Date first published: March 10, 2010 Disclaimer: This article represents the views of its author and does not represent Organisation Intersex International policy nor that of its affiliates. The views of the author may well have changed since this article was written. “Some sociologists and legal experts…
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Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) conflates transsexualism with intersex variations

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Authors: Prof. M. Italiano, M.B.B.S. (A.M.), Advisor on intersex variations, Organisation Intersex International & Curtis E. Hinkle, Founder, Organisation Intersex International Article title in full: Open letter to Ieuan Hughes et al, 2007: Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) conflates transsexualism with intersex variations Year of first publication: 2007 Disclaimer: This article represents the views of its author and does…
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Being Different and Fitting In

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Author: David Cameron Year of first publication: 2006 About David Cameron: David Cameron was born in Canada, and grew up in Pleasant Hill, California. He is a former international teacher, having taught in Thailand and Egypt. He met his partner, Peter Tannen, at a bisexual potluck in Sunnyvale. David had a home and garden renovation business…
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