Moving film calls for the protection of the 'I' in LGBTIQ

LONDON — The United Nations (UN) has released a film calling for the protection of intersex children and support for the "I" in LGBTIQ. 

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Intersex people are born with "a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn't seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male," according to the Intersex Society of North America.

This term also includes people with genetic deviations from expected chromosomal makeup that doesn't align with their genitals. 

Research suggests that approximately 1.7 percent of the population is intersex, which equates to being as common as having red hair (1 percent to 2 percent).  Read more...

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