Different Variations
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) is the most common cause of 46, XY intersex.
Congential Andrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) is the most common cause of 46, XX intersex.
There may be any number of chromosome configurations rather than 46, XX or 46, XY intersex such as 46, XXY (Klinefelter syndrome).
Only one X chromosome (Turner Syndrome)
Resources
Resource Type
Different Variations - Latest Resources
Information Sheet |
Disclosure, Surgery & Medicalisation, Infertility, Different Variations, Patient Advocacy
health.vic overview of issues pertinent to people with intersex variations
Article |
Surgery & Medicalisation, Gender / LGBT 'I' Q, Different Variations, Genetics
2018 "Social Studies of Science" article by David Andrew Griffiths
Information Sheet |
Infants, Surgery & Medicalisation, Gender / LGBT 'I' Q, Different Variations, Genetics
This information sheet was prepared by the Australian Pyschological Association for parents and families of children born with intersex variations and the mental health professionals who work with them.
Video |
Disclosure, Surgery & Medicalisation, Social Model of Intersex, Infertility, Different Variations, Patient Advocacy
In this episode of InQueery, intersex advocate and video producer Maria Tridas breaks down the origins of the term "intersex."