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The intersex gap in research and healthcare

from Medical News Today

The intersex gap in research and healthcare Medical News Today “Intersex” is a biological identity that gets little coverage and attention, not just in mass media, but also in terms of medical research and data collection. At present, it remains unclear how many intersex people there are in the world. That is, in part, because definitions of what it means to be intersex vary. However, the term generally refers to people who are born with genitalia, and then develop other traits, that doctors cannot easily classify as pertaining to binary, or “male” or “female,” biological sex. Many countries — the United Kingdom is one such example — also fail to collect and store information about intersex newborns. READ MORE

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