What does it mean to say someone is intersex?
The [International Association of Athletics Federations] will not drug me or stop me from being who I am . Caster Semenya, South African intersex athlete and two-time Olympic gold medalist Defining the Issue A Disorder of Sexual Development (DSD), a term first developed in 2006, is a condition in which someone may be born with the DNA of one sex, but their body looks like the other sex. 1 DSDs are a diverse group of conditions associated with atypical development of internal and external genitalia. DSDs can be difficult to understand because they involve genes, hormones, and reproductive organs (both internally and externally). Having a DSD means the person doesn’t develop the same way other people do. Because their genitals don’t match their genetics, their anatomy doesn’t always neatly fit into the category of male or female. Some of the more widely discussed DSDs include Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, and 5-alpha reductase deficie...