As someone with Swyer Syndrome (46 XY "female", also called XY gonadal dysgenesis), do you consider yourself intersex, or to have a difference of sex development? I can see the argument both ways--clearly you haven't experienced typical sex development, but at the same time, the differences seem to be that you're "more" male, so intersex ("between the two sexes") wouldn't really fit. (Although some people have said that the word intersex isn't a good name for the community for that reason.)
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As someone with Swyer Syndrome (46 XY "female", also called XY gonadal dysgenesis), do you consider yourself intersex, or to have a difference of sex development? I can see the argument both ways--clearly you haven't experienced typical sex development, but at the same time, the differences seem to be that you're "more" male, so intersex ("between the two sexes") wouldn't really fit. (Although some people have said that the word intersex isn't a good name for the community for that reason.)
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