Intersex people are born with sex characteristics, such as chromosomes , gonads , or genitals and secondary sex characteristics that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , "do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies".[ 1]
Intersex people were historically termed hermaphrodites , "congenital eunuchs",[ 2] [ 3] or even congenitally "frigid".[ 4] Such terms have fallen out of favor, now considered to be misleading and stigmatizing.[ 5] Intersex people have been treated in different ways by different religions and cultures, and numerous historical accounts exist.
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^ Nguyễn Khắc Thuần (1998), Việt sử giai thoại (History of Vietnam's tales), vol. 8, Vietnam Education Publishing House, p. 55
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^ Dreger, Alice D; Chase, Cheryl; Sousa, Aron; Gruppuso, Phillip A.; Frader, Joel (18 August 2005). "Changing the Nomenclature/Taxonomy for Intersex: A Scientific and Clinical Rationale" (PDF) . Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism . 18 (8): 729–733. doi :10.1515/JPEM.2005.18.8.729 . PMID 16200837 . S2CID 39459050 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016 .