International
Mystery: Caribbean village where genetic disorder turns girls into boys at puberty
Intersex people may be genetically female, but physiologically male. Some will be true hermaphrodites, producing both eggs and sperm.
International
Ending LGBTI discrimination is key to achieving SDGs
29 Sep 2015 by Magdy Martínez-Solimán, Director, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP The recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)embody a powerful commitment to achieving a life of dignity for all. This includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. That’s why we at UNDP are pleased to join in the UN statement on Read more…
International
Intersex Fertility
My daughter was not of woman born. That is a concept that has fascinated people through the ages. My daughter’s gestation was perfectly “natural,” I should point out–but I carried her, and I was never of the female sex; I am diagnosed as “true gonadal intersex.” I was assigned female Read more…