Herculine Adélaïde Barbin | |
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| Born | November 8, 1838 Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France |
| Died | February, 1868 (aged 29) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Suicide (gas asphyxiation) |
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| Notable work | Herculine Barbin: Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a Nineteenth-century French Hermaphrodite |
Herculine Adélaïde Barbin, later known as Abel Barbin (November 8, 1838 – February 1868),[1] was a French intersex person who was assigned female at birth and raised in a convent, but was later reclassified as male by a court of law, after an affair and physical examination. She is known for her memoir, Herculine Barbin, which was studied by Michel Foucault. Her birthday is marked as Intersex Day of Remembrance.