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Intersex and non-binary are also different; people who identify as non-binary cannot associate or connect with conventional male or female gender characteristics. In contrast, intersex people are born with male and female characteristics, with others deciding what gender should be assigned. The term androgyny is also used to describe people with mixed biological gender characteristics.
Other associated gender identities:
- Androgynous (pronounced – an-dro-juh-nuhs | ænˈdrɒʤɪnəs) – is a term that relates to a person that has elements of femineity and masculinity in an ambiguous form. Unlike Intersex individuals, androgynous people are born male or female; however, they will express how they think and feel through their biological sex, gender identity, expression or sexual orientation
SUMMARY
- Individuals are born with both male and female characteristics
- Many intersex individuals only discover their identity during puberty, if at all
- Androgyny is a term also used to describe people with mixed biological gender characteristics
- It is estimated that between 0.05% to 1.7% of the world’s population are born with Intersex traits
- Under 1% of people with Intersex traits receive surgery to change their genital appearance
- Intersex traits do not generally affect a person’s physical health; however, they do have an impact on infertility, and hormone levels
- Most Intersex people do not identify as a ‘third sex’ instead opting to identify as either male or female
- Some people are born with an intersex anatomy without anyone knowing (including themselves), many only discovering that they are intersex during puberty
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