Intersex people in history
Intersex, in humans and other animals, describes variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "that do not fit typical definitions for male or female bodies." Intersex people were historically termed hermaphrodites, "congenital eunuchs," among other terms. Such terms have fallen out of favor, now considered to be misleading, discriminatory, and stigmatizing. Intersexphobia or interphobia is the historical and systemic discrimination, violence against, and negative perception of people with intersex traits. Intersex people have been treated in different ways by different cultures. Whether or not they were socially tolerated or accepted by any particular culture, the existence of intersex people was known to many ancient and pre-modern cultures and legal systems, and numerous historical accounts exist.
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