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The purpose of this wiki is to provide information about the intersex community, written by and for the intersex community. Our Wiki policies can be found at Intersex Wiki Policy.
This wiki is very new and still very much under construction! Since opening on 2025-02-05, we now have 157 articles and 4,014 edits.
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| Intersex variations (list) | Intersex-relevant identities (list) |
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Persistent Müllerian derivatives, also known as Persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS) is an intersex variation in which an individual with 46,XY chromosomes and testes is found to also have structures that derive from the Müllerian ducts such as a uterus or fallopian tubes[3][4][5]. (Read more) |
 Inter-agender, more commonly spelled interagender[1][2], is an intersex-exclusive gender term for when an individual is agender in a way that is specifically connected or linked to being intersex. It is also known as ingender, intergenderless, internullgender, and vacagender[3][4]. (Read more). |
| Intersex history (timeline) | Intersex representation (list) |
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 Eugenics and scientific racism played major roles in the how the category of intersex is understood in the contemporary era[1][2]. Scientists working in this paradigm believed that being intersex was a sign of being "less evolved", and argued that black people were more likely to be intersex than white people in an effort to "prove" the supposed racial superiority of the "Caucasian" race[1][2]. (Read more). |
 Intersex representation in the visual arts has a long history, with early depictions of supernatural individuals with intersex variations going back to the 25th century BCE[1]. This article provides a chronological list of examples of artistic depictions of individuals (real or mythological) with intersex variations. (Read more). |
Basics
| Intersex | Intersex studies |
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 Intersex is an umbrella term for individuals who have innate sex characteristics which do not conform to medical and societal norms about biological sex, and as such are vulnerable to stigma and discrimination[1]. The term "sex characteristics" includes sex chromosomes, primary sex characteristics (e.g. genitals, gonads), and secondary sex characteristics (e.g. breasts, wide hips, facial hair, chest hair)[2]... (Read more) |
 Intersex studies is the academic study of intersex people and identity - not as patients to be "cured", but as humans whose perspectives are valuable[1]. Monro et al characterize intersex studies as "the co-construction of knowledge with the [intersex] individuals and communities it seeks to study, as intersex activists (both academics and non-academics) are important authors in the field."[1]. More plainly: intersex studies is academic research about intersex that is conducted by, for, and with intersex people[2]... (Read more) |
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