List of intersex people explained

List of intersex people should not be confused with List of people with non-binary gender identities.

Intersex people are born with sex characteristics, such as genitals, gonads and chromosome patterns that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies".[1]

Intersex people have many different gender identities, and so there is no presumption that people on this list have any particular sex assigned at birth, nor any particular gender identity.

This list consists of well-known intersex people. The individual listings note the subject's main occupation or source of notability.

Notable intersex people

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Notes and References

  1. United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Free & Equal Campaign Fact Sheet: Intersex. 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071043/https://unfe.org/system/unfe-65-Intersex_Factsheet_ENGLISH.pdf. 2016-03-04.
  2. Web site: Kitty Anderson . . 2017-01-31 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161221003329/http://oiieurope.org/oii-europe-board/mtl_3189/ . 2016-12-21 .
  3. Web site: Amnesty International. Understanding the 'i' in LGBTI. 2017-01-31. October 25, 2016. Amnesty International. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170131175015/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/10/intersex-awareness-day/. January 31, 2017.
  4. Web site: Karl M. Baer: The first person in the world to undergo sex-change surgery . June 10, 2020 . Pata Queens . May 19, 2021.
  5. Foucault, M. & Barbin, H. (1980) Herculine Barbin – Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a Nineteenth Century Hermaphrodite, New York, Random House.
  6. News: Bastien-Charlebois. Janik. My coming out: The lingering intersex taboo. Montreal Gazette. August 9, 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160827184147/http://montrealgazette.com/life/my-coming-out-the-lingering-intersex-taboo. August 27, 2016.
  7. Web site: Valenza. Alessia. Sanctioned sex/ualities: The medical treatment of intersex bodies and voices. October 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161011101711/http://ilga.org/an-introduction-to-sanctioned-sexualities-the-medical-treatment-of-intersex-bodies-and-voices/. 2016-10-11.
  8. Web site: When Max Beck and Morgan Holmes went to Boston . Holmes . Morgan . Morgan Holmes . 17 October 2015 . Intersex Day . 2015-10-24 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151020004238/http://intersexday.org/en/max-beck-morgan-holmes-boston-1996/ . 20 October 2015 .
  9. Web site: Madeleine Blaustein. IMDb. 2019-03-08.
  10. Web site: Intersex Mayor Elected in Australia . Advocate.com . December 9, 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110024705/http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2011/12/09/intersex-mayor-elected-australia . November 10, 2013 .
  11. Web site: International Commission of Jurists . International Commission of Jurists . 2017 . Republic of the Philippines v. Jennifer Cagandahan, Supreme Court of the Philippines, Second Division (12 September 2008) . International Commission of Jurists . March 19, 2021 .
  12. Web site: It's time to defend intersex rights . Morgan . Carpenter . . 15 November 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161031170214/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-15/carpenter-its-time-to-defend-intersex-rights/5093966 . 31 October 2016 .
  13. Weil, Elizabeth (September, 2006). What if It's (Sort of) a Boy and (Sort of) a Girl? The New York Times Magazine.
  14. News: NYC Pride march to honor intersex New Jersey mayor . Reyna . Rikki . New York Daily News . 26 June 2019 . September 10, 2019.
  15. Web site: Cory . Perla . Spotlight: Uncertain . . Buffalo Public Media, LLC . August 17, 2016 . 14 April 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826201121/http://www.dailypublic.com/articles/08172016/spotlight-uncertain . 26 August 2016 .
  16. Web site: Sara Forsberg kertoo olevansa intersukupuolinen. Finnish. 27 October 2023. Ilta-Sanomat. Kantola. Iida.
  17. Frasier . Crystal . AmazonChique . 1332844168008273921 . November 28, 2020 . I mean, I'm trans and intersex, and I want my perspective to be considered. Trans people are valid and socialization arguments are 99% bullshit . en . April 29, 2021 . https://twitter.com/AmazonChique/status/1332844168008273921 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201129003022/https://twitter.com/AmazonChique/status/1332844168008273921 . November 29, 2020 .
  18. Frasier . Crystal . Dan Arndt . Time Travel, Punching Klansmen, And The Queer RPG Agenda: A Chat With Crystal Frasier . The Fandomentals . April 14, 2020 . ...I’m not proud of it, but I went stealth for a long time after I transitioned...I ended up coming out when I was working for Paizo.. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120030647/https://thefandomentals.com/a-chat-with-crystal-frasier/ . January 20, 2021 . April 29, 2021.
  19. Web site: The IoS Pink List 2011 . . 23 October 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404230657/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-ios-pink-list-2011-2374595.html . 4 April 2012 .
  20. Web site: Voeg een I toe aan LHBT: intersekse uit de onzichtbaarheid . van der Have . Miriam . . August 1, 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171111042640/https://www.parool.nl/binnenland/voeg-een-i-toe-aan-lhbt-intersekse-uit-de-onzichtbaarheid~a3708650/ . November 11, 2017 .
  21. Web site: Intersex Activism to the Fore During UN Advocacy Push . . Cianciotto . Jason . December 24, 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161223062615/http://gaycitynews.nyc/intersex-activism-fore-un-advocacy-push/ . December 23, 2016 .
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  23. Nguyễn Khắc Thuần (1998), Việt sử giai thoại (History of Vietnam's tales), vol. 8, Vietnam Education Publishing House, p. 55.
  24. Web site: The Hong Kong intersex campaigner who's tearing down barriers . Chan . Heyling . May 8, 2017 . South China Morning Post . May 19, 2021.
  25. News: Intersex person to contest from Madurai North. Staff Reporter. 23 January 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180104125109/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/intersex-person-to-contest-from-madurai-north/article8539185.ece. 4 January 2018. The Hindu. 2016-04-29.
  26. News: 3rd gender gets a new champion in Tamil Nadu poll ring - Times of India. . 22 April 2016 . 23 January 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160530223418/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/tamil-nadu-elections-2016/news/3rd-gender-gets-a-new-champion-in-Tamil-Nadu-poll-ring/articleshow/51935940.cms. 30 May 2016.
  27. News: Intersex candidate alleges harassment - Times of India. . 10 May 2016 . 23 January 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161002142004/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Intersex-candidate-alleges-harassment/articleshow/52197962.cms. 2 October 2016.
  28. Web site: This intersex person is contesting TN polls, 'ze' wants to change your mind on sexual minorities. 24 April 2016. 23 January 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170406231632/http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/intersex-person-contesting-tn-polls-ze-wants-change-your-mind-sexual-minorities-42103. 6 April 2017.
  29. Web site: One Who Fights For an Other. The New Indian Express. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160924062152/http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/One-Who-Fights-For-an-Other/2015/04/13/article2756559.ece. 2016-09-24.
  30. Web site: At 19, Ze Came out of the Closet. Today, Ze Is Helping the LGBTQIA Community Live with Dignity.. 27 November 2015. 23 January 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161228200406/http://www.thebetterindia.com/39178/gopi-shankar-lgbtqia-rights-srishti-madurai/. 28 December 2016.
  31. Web site: Reid-Smith. Tris. The LA radio host who came out as intersex and why no one gossiped. Gay Star News. 2016-08-20. July 18, 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160529170339/http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/la-radio-host-who-came-out-intersex-and-why-no-one-gossiped180713/. May 29, 2016.
  32. Web site: Website of Mani B Mitchell, Wellington, New Zealand . 5 September 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512065857/http://www.manimitchell.com/ . 12 May 2013 .
  33. Web site: Esther Morris Leidolf - Our Bodies Ourselves . . 2015 . Our Bodies Ourselves . 2015-05-27 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150528033500/http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/about/contributors/esther-morris-leidolf/ . 2015-05-28 .
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  35. Book: Archibald, Malcolm. Atamansha: the Story of Maria Nikiforova, the Anarchist Joan of Arc. Black Cat Press. Dublin. 2007. 978-0-9737827-0-7. 239359065. 8–9.
  36. Book: Velychenko, Stephen. 2011. State building in revolutionary Ukraine. Toronto. University of Toronto Press. 978-1-4426-4132-7. 958581429. 288.
  37. Web site: Model Hanne Gaby Odiele reveals she is intersex. . 23 January 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123193337/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/01/23/model-hanne-gaby-odiele-reveals-she-intersex/96622908/. 23 January 2017.
  38. Web site: один . Номер . Бурятский лучник полжизни провел в чужом теле . 2022-05-30 . gazeta-n1.ru . ru.
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  40. News: 82. Lieberman. Hallie. The Trigger Effect. The Atavist Magazine. 2018-08-31. August 29, 2018.
  41. News: The Humiliating Practice of Sex-Testing Female Athletes. The New York Times. 2016-06-28. Padawer. Ruth.
  42. News: The gender trap . Guardian . 2008-07-30 . 2009-08-21 . London . Emine . Saner . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130902123914/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/jul/30/olympicgames2008.gender . 2013-09-02 .
  43. Sinclair, Jim (1997). Self-introduction to the Intersex Society of North America. Jim Sinclair's personal website. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  44. Somerset, G. T. (1992) A Girl Called Georgina – Over the Sex Border, London, The Book Guild.
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  46. Web site: Critical Sexology. 23 January 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001505/http://criticalsexology.org.uk/. 2 February 2017.
  47. Web site: The Local. Intersex person sues clinic for unnecessary op. February 27, 2015. 2015-12-21. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20151214092025/http://www.thelocal.de/20150227/intersex-person-sues-doctors-for-unwanted-op. December 14, 2015.
  48. Web site: Christiane Völling: Hermaphrodite wins damage claim over removal of reproductive organs . Zwischengeschlecht . August 12, 2009 . 2015-07-20 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150705201148/http://zwischengeschlecht.org/pages/Hermaphrodite-wins-damage-claim . July 5, 2015 . Zwischengeschlecht .
  49. Web site: German Gender-Assignment Case Has Intersexuals Hopeful. Deutsche Welle. 12 December 2007. DW.COM. 2015-12-21. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222145816/http://www.dw.com/en/german-gender-assignment-case-has-intersexuals-hopeful/a-3000902. 22 December 2015.
  50. Web site: Groundbreaking SPLC lawsuit accuses South Carolina, doctors and hospitals of unnecessary surgery on infant . . May 13, 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160215223633/https://www.splcenter.org/news/2013/05/14/groundbreaking-splc-lawsuit-accuses-south-carolina-doctors-and-hospitals-unnecessary . February 15, 2016 .
  51. Web site: Beyond Two Genders. 1 January 2008. 23 January 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170421054738/http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2008/01/beyond-two-genders/. 21 April 2017.
  52. Web site: Gender Spectrum . Interview with Rabbi Rueben [sic] Zellman ]. YouTube . October 7, 2018 . August 1, 2018.
  53. News: Madison . Alex . Music center launches genderqueer chorus . Bay Area Reporter . October 7, 2018 . August 1, 2018.
  54. Web site: McNamara. Brittney. Why Doctors Should NOT Perform Surgery on Intersex People Without Consent. Teen Vogue. 2017-08-05. July 26, 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170806062753/http://www.teenvogue.com/story/intersex-surgeries-study-2017. August 6, 2017.
  55. News: Rein. Lisa. Intersex applicants face passport discrimination, says lawsuit seeking option other than 'M' or 'F'. 1 December 2015. The Washington Post. 27 October 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20151209170342/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/10/27/intersex-applicants-face-passport-discrimination-says-lawsuit-seeking-option-other-than-m-or-f/. 9 December 2015.
  56. News: Intersex activist Dana Zzyym sues US State Department after having passport application denied. 1 December 2015. ABC News. 26 October 2015.