Intersex information from the Middlesex- London Health Unit
people may not discover they have intersex traits until puberty or later in life. People with intersex traits have always existed, but there is more awareness now about the diversity of human bodies. People with intersex bodies, like anyone who may be seen as different, sometimes face discrimination, including in healthcare settings (as early as infancy). People who are intersex are more common than you think! Experts estimate that as many as 1.7% of people are born with intersex traits – that’s about the same number of people who are born with red hair. People with intersex traits aren’t all the same, and some people may not even know they are intersex unless they receive genetic testing (this may happen, for example, with athletes). Intersex people are not that uncommon — they just have been mostly invisible. But that is changing. Intersex resources Locally: intersexlondon.ca London Middlesex Health Unit: https://www.healthunit.com/intersex Intersex resource website: www.interactadvocates.org IntersexLondon.on.ca@gmail.com Facebook: Intersex London
“Intersex” refers to people who are born with any of a range of characteristics that may not fit traditional conceptions about male or female bodies. The term intersex is an umbrella term that refers to people who have one or more of a range of variations in sex characteristics that fall outside of traditional conceptions of male or female bodies. For example, intersex people may have variations in their chromosomes, genitals, or internal organs like testes or ovaries. Some intersex characteristics are identified at birth, while other PRIDE Around Town D o
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