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In humans, biological sex is determined by five factors present at birth:<ref name="KnoxSchacht2011">{{REFbook
| last=Knox, David; Schacht, Caroline
| first=
| year=2010
| title=Choices in Relationships: An Introduction to Marriage and the Family
| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=iVOXAp27iQkC&pg=PT64
| work=
| editor=
| edition=11
| volume=
| chapter=
| pages=64
| location=
| publisher=Cengage Learning
| isbn=9781111833220
| quote=
| accessdate=
| note=
}}</ref>
* the number and type of [[sex chromosome]]s;
* the type of [[gonad]]s—ovaries or testicles;
* the [[sex hormone]]s;
* the internal reproductive anatomy (such as the [[uterus]] in females); and
* the external genitalia.
People whose five characteristics are not either all typically male or all typically female at birth are intersex.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=
| url=http://www.isna.org/faq/what_is_intersex
| title=What is intersex?
| last=
| first=
| publisher=Intersex Society of North America
| work=
| date=
| accessdate=2013-11-18
}}</ref>
Intersex traits are not always apparent at birth; some babies may be born with [[Ambiguous genitalia|ambiguous genitals]], while others may have [[ambiguous internal organs]] (testes and ovaries). Others will not become aware that they are intersex—unless they receive genetic testing—because it does not manifest in their phenotype.
{{REF}}
[[Category:Intersexleaks]]
[[Category:Intersex]]
[[Category:From IntactWiki]]
| last=Knox, David; Schacht, Caroline
| first=
| year=2010
| title=Choices in Relationships: An Introduction to Marriage and the Family
| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=iVOXAp27iQkC&pg=PT64
| work=
| editor=
| edition=11
| volume=
| chapter=
| pages=64
| location=
| publisher=Cengage Learning
| isbn=9781111833220
| quote=
| accessdate=
| note=
}}</ref>
* the number and type of [[sex chromosome]]s;
* the type of [[gonad]]s—ovaries or testicles;
* the [[sex hormone]]s;
* the internal reproductive anatomy (such as the [[uterus]] in females); and
* the external genitalia.
People whose five characteristics are not either all typically male or all typically female at birth are intersex.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=
| url=http://www.isna.org/faq/what_is_intersex
| title=What is intersex?
| last=
| first=
| publisher=Intersex Society of North America
| work=
| date=
| accessdate=2013-11-18
}}</ref>
Intersex traits are not always apparent at birth; some babies may be born with [[Ambiguous genitalia|ambiguous genitals]], while others may have [[ambiguous internal organs]] (testes and ovaries). Others will not become aware that they are intersex—unless they receive genetic testing—because it does not manifest in their phenotype.
{{REF}}
[[Category:Intersexleaks]]
[[Category:Intersex]]
[[Category:From IntactWiki]]