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gender identity
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how we identify sexuality and what we call ourselves
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congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
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genetic defect in cortisol production that leads to over-stimulation of the adrenal glans and therefore extra testosterone production; when that condition occurs in a female fetus, she becomes partly masculinized.
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hermaphrodite
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individual whose genitals do not match the usual development for their genetic sex
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intersex (pseudo-hermaphrodite)
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individuals whose sexual development is intermediate or ambiguous.
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androgen insensitivity (testicular feminization)
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condition in which someone with an XY chromosome pattern is partly or fully insensitive to androgens and therefore develops a female external appearance.
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