Inter*
Intersex / Inter*:
A person whose genetic, physiological or hormonal characteristics do not completely match a male or female pattern. It is not necessarily indicative of gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or how one is perceived in daily life
Intersex medical interventions:
medical, hormonal or surgical interventions performed to make a presons ambiguous sexual characteristics conform more to either
definite femal or definite male. It is usually done to make a person conform more to societies standards. It is very controversial as many regard it as an unecessary medical intervention that
might cause problems in later life.
Sex:
refers to the phisical, biological sex a person is assigned (usually at birth) based on their physical anatomy and hormonal makeup. Despite
widespread belief sex is a spectrum and not everybody falls into the male or female category. These people are called intersex or inter*.
Gender:
refers to the personal, mental "sex" identity a person has. It can be any degree of male, female, a combination of both or neither. A persons gender does not always match their sex.
