Intersex

  The Bruce Jenner interview has stirred up a lot of discussion. It is incumbent upon us to become more educated about millions of people out there who are simply born with a body that society has up to this point basically rejected and misunderstood. To me that seems like a rather shitty situation for society to be in, are we really that shallow. Let's try to become a little more human here - kind, understanding, gracious, and accepting.

Intersex Society Of North America: What is intersex?

“Intersex” is a general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male. For example, a person might be born appearing to be female on the outside, but having mostly male-typical anatomy on the inside. Or a person may be born with genitals that seem to be in-between the usual male and female types—for example, a girl may be born with a noticeably large clitoris, or lacking a vaginal opening, or a boy may be born with a notably small penis, or with a scrotum that is divided so that it has formed more like labia. Or a person may be born with mosaic genetics, so that some of her cells have XX chromosomes and some of them have XY.