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List of intersex people

List of intersex people is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of intersex people rather than just read about it. In short: 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". 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…

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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". 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

A Carlett Brown Angianlee, Naval officer, considered likely to be the first African American to undergo gender affirmation surgery. Kitty Anderson, Icelandic intersex activist who regularly engages in advocacy/policy work and is the co-chair of OII Europe. Shou Arai, manga artist and author Eden Atwood, U.S. jazz musician, actor, and an advocate for the civil rights of people born with intersex traits.

B Karl M. Baer (1885–1956), German-Israeli author, social worker, suffragette and Zionist. Nubia Barahona, a ten-year-old American girl murdered in 2011. Herculine Barbin, the 19th century memoirs of this French intersex person were published by Michel Foucault in 1980. Barbin's birthday, November 8, is now observed as Intersex Day of Remembrance. Janik Bastien-Charlebois, Québécois sociologist, researcher and activist. Max Beck, U.S. activist and participant in the demonstration on October 26, 1996, that led to the establishment of Intersex Awareness Day. Aleksander Berezkin (Russian: Александр Берёзкин), Russian intersex immigrants activist with Klinefelter syndrome. Maddie Blaustein, American voice actor and comic creator known for her roles as Meowth in Pokémon and E-123 Omega in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, content creator for Second Life. Tony Briffa, Australian intersex and human rights activist; world's first out intersex Mayor and first publicly elected out intersex person. Current co-executive director of Intersex Human Rights Australia, and Vice-President and former President of the Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group Australia. Alec Butler, Canadian playwright and filmmaker.

C Mauro Cabral, Argentinian intersex activist, writer, co-director of GATE Jeff Cagandahan, a Filipino intersex human rights activist at Intersex Asia who successful appealed for a change of name and gender on his birth certificate. Lady Colin Campbell, UK author and socialite. Morgan Carpenter, Australian intersex activist who created the modern intersex flag which features a purple circle and yellow background, he is the co-executive director of Intersex Human Rights Australia. Eleno de Céspedes, a 16th-century intersex person in Spain. Dutee Chand, Indian athlete who successfully challenged World Athletics regulations preventing her from running. Cheryl Chase, also known as Bo Laurent, U.S. intersex activist and founder of the Intersex Society of North America. Hiker Chiu, founder of Oii-Chinese. Caroline Cossey, English model. Cary Gabriel Costello, U.S. associate professor of sociology and advocate for transgender and intersex rights. Roberta Cowell, British racing driver and pilot. Roberta Close, a Brazilian fashion model, actress and television personality. Obioma Chukwuike, a Nigerian intersex human-rights activist.

D Lisa Lee Dark, Welsh opera singer and voice actress. Georgiann Davis, U.S. sociology scholar and researcher on intersex issues. Vaginal Davis, U.S. genderqueer performing artist, painter, composer and writer. Fiore de Henriquez (1921–2004), Italian-British sculptor. Tiger Devore, U.S. clinical psychologist, educator on intersex issues since 1984, appears in the short film XXXY (2000). Foekje Dillema (1926–2007), Dutch track and field athlete. Arisleyda Dilone, U.S. Latina film director and actor. Raven van Dorst, Dutch singer, musician and TV presenter Betsy Driver, Mayor of Flemington, New Jersey; intersex activist and first intersex elected official in the United States. Karl Dürrge (also known as Maria Dorothea Derrier: 1780–1835), Prussian intersex man and human subject in medical research.

E Lili Elbe (1882–1931), Danish painter; she was a transgender and possibly intersex woman, and one of the earliest transgender women to receive gender affirmation surgery.

F Florian-Ayala Fauna, American artist, musician, and music producer. Favorinus of Arelate (c. 80 – c. 160 AD), a Roman sophist and philosopher who flourished during the reign of Hadrian. Fernanda Fernández (1755–unknown), Spanish intersex person. Sir Ewan Forbes (1912–1991), UK noble, formerly Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill and 11th Baronet of Craigievar. Sara Forsberg (born 1994), Finnish singer, songwriter, and television presenter Crystal Frasier, American artist and game designer, and also a trans woman.

G River Gallo, Salvadoran-American filmmaker, actor, model, and intersex rights activist. Dan Christian Ghattas, German activist, historian and author of Human Rights between the Sexes, a first international comparative study of the human rights of intersex people and executive director of OII Europe. Gottlieb Göttlich (1798–unknown), German medical research subject. Seven Graham (born 1969), activist, comedian, filmmaker and playwright, and drug addiction counsellor. Sarah Gronert, German tennis player. Sally Gross (1953–2014), South African intersex, anti-apartheid and Israel/Palestine human rights activist; secured first mention of intersex in anti-discrimination law.

H Thomas(ine) Hall, a person of indeterminate gender in 17th-century colonial Virginia. Bonnie Hart, Australian multi-disciplinary artist and president of the Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group Australia. Phoebe Hart, Australian filmmaker and director of Orchids, My Intersex Adventure, a 2010 auto-biographical documentary. Miriam van der Have, Dutch activist, co-chair of OII Europe and director of Nederlands Netwerk intersekse/DSD. Francis Heaulme, a French serial killer with Klinefelter syndrome. Morgan Holmes, Canadian activist, professor of sociology and author of several books on intersex including Critical Intersex. Juliana Huxtable. U.S. artist and writer.

J Natasha Jiménez, Costa Rican and Latin American intersex and trans activist. Alex Jürgen, Austrian intersex activist.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with List of intersex people

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of intersex people ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of intersex people

In research: List of intersex people appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of intersex people in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of intersex people is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Intersex-related lists, Intersex people, Lists of LGBTQ-related people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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