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Intersex in Europe

Diana FongJanuary 20, 2014

We all begin life as female - even if we carry the Y chromosome. In the womb, we develop gonads that become testes for boys or ovaries for girls. But if the gonads don't develop properly, an XY male remains largely female - or "intersex."

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