Intersexuality is characterized by a variation in sexual characteristics, sexual organs and chromosomal patterns, which make it difficult to identify the individual as male or female.
For example, a person can be born with a male physical appearance, but with a typically female inner anatomy, he can be born with genitals with female and male characteristics, or he can be born with a genetic variety in which some of his cells have XX chromosomes, which generally determine the male sex, and others have XY chromosomes, which usually determine the male sex.
In some cases, the characteristics of an intersex person are visible at birth, in others it is only discovered during puberty or in adult life, and in some people they do not even manifest themselves physically.
Possible causes
Intersexuality results from unusual combinations of the X and Y chromosomes that typically determine gender. In addition, some people's bodies may not respond to sex hormone messages in a typical way, causing sexual characteristics not to develop in the usual way.
There are many variations of intersexuality, some people may have both sexes, others may have a different sex chromosome combination than is considered normal and others may be born with well-defined sexual organs and internal organs correspond to the opposite sex or during puberty produce hormones that do not correspond to the genitals, and in these cases, people may discover that they are intersexed only at puberty.
What to do
Intersex people find it difficult to integrate into society, as they do not have a biologically defined sex, but are pressured by society, which requires a sexual identity.
In some cases, surgeries are performed on the baby's genitals in order to determine the gender. However, during its development, it can be seen that gender does not correspond to the person's identity and, therefore, the ideal is to wait until the person realizes how he feels, to decide the surgery he should do or if he is really necessary.
