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* In ''Manga/TheDayOfRevolution'', the supposedly male protagonist discovers in the first chapter that he is intersex and genetically female. Despite some misgivings and with a push from her parents she decides to reinvent herself as a girl. HilarityEnsues.
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* In ''Manga/TheDayOfRevolution'', the supposedly male protagonist discovers in the first chapter that he is intersex and genetically female. Despite some misgivings and with a push from her parents parents, she decides to reinvent herself as a girl. HilarityEnsues.girl.
* ''Manga/ISOtokoDemoOnnaDemoNaiSei'' is a manga about intersex people. It is originally a series of one-shots but later turns into a ComingOfAgeStory about one person named Haru.
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* ''Manga/ISOtokoDemoOnnaDemoNaiSei'' is a manga about intersex people. It is originally a series of one-shots but later turns into a ComingOfAgeStory about one person named Haru.
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* The protagonist from ''Literature/AllYouZombies'', who starts out as an intersex female and... it gets complicated. Her actual degree of intersexualization approaches true [[{{Hermaphrodite}} hermaphrodism]] and wouldn't be biologically possible, except [[spoiler:there's no logical reason why she'd be human anyway]].
* Calliope (later Cal) from the book ''Literature/{{Middlesex}}'' was born intersex (genetically XY) and raised female until the age of fourteen. Notably, her being RaisedAsTheOppositeGender was completely unintentional on the part of both her doctors and her parents, since the doctor was nearsighted and had no idea that she was actually male. Cal also meets a woman with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_androgen_insensitivity_syndrome Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome]], an intersex condition that causes the woman affected to be born with a vagina, but with XY chromosomes, no uterus, and internal testes where the ovaries would typically be. Despite being able to pass as a woman, she strongly identifies herself as a {{hermaphrodite}} and is an intersex rights activist.
* It's revealed that [[spoiler: Graywytch]] from the ''Literature/NemesisSeries'' is intersex when [[spoiler: she casts a spell to kill all humans with Y chromosomes (in her mind all men) and then collapses from her own spell]]. This came as just as much a surprise to [[spoiler:her]] as the reader.
* Calliope (later Cal) from the book ''Literature/{{Middlesex}}'' was born intersex (genetically XY) and raised female until the age of fourteen. Notably, her being RaisedAsTheOppositeGender was completely unintentional on the part of both her doctors and her parents, since the doctor was nearsighted and had no idea that she was actually male. Cal also meets a woman with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_androgen_insensitivity_syndrome Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome]], an intersex condition that causes the woman affected to be born with a vagina, but with XY chromosomes, no uterus, and internal testes where the ovaries would typically be. Despite being able to pass as a woman, she strongly identifies herself as a {{hermaphrodite}} and is an intersex rights activist.
* It's revealed that [[spoiler: Graywytch]] from the ''Literature/NemesisSeries'' is intersex when [[spoiler: she casts a spell to kill all humans with Y chromosomes (in her mind all men) and then collapses from her own spell]]. This came as just as much a surprise to [[spoiler:her]] as the reader.
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* The protagonist from ''Literature/AllYouZombies'', who ''Literature/AllYouZombies'' starts out as an intersex female and... it gets complicated. Her actual degree of intersexualization approaches true [[{{Hermaphrodite}} hermaphrodism]] and wouldn't be biologically possible, except [[spoiler:there's no logical reason why she'd be human anyway]].
* Calliope (later Cal) fromthe book ''Literature/{{Middlesex}}'' was born intersex (genetically XY) and raised female until the age of fourteen. Notably, her being RaisedAsTheOppositeGender was completely unintentional on the part of both her doctors and her parents, since the doctor was nearsighted and had no idea that she was actually male. Cal also meets a woman with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_androgen_insensitivity_syndrome Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome]], an intersex condition that causes the woman affected to be born with a vagina, but with XY chromosomes, no uterus, and internal testes where the ovaries would typically be. Despite being able to pass as a woman, she strongly identifies herself as a {{hermaphrodite}} and is an intersex rights activist.
* It's revealed that[[spoiler: Graywytch]] [[spoiler:Graywytch]] from the ''Literature/NemesisSeries'' is intersex when [[spoiler: she [[spoiler:she casts a spell to kill all humans with Y chromosomes (in her mind [[{{Gendercide}} all men) men]]) and then collapses from her own spell]]. This came as just as much a surprise to [[spoiler:her]] as the reader. reader.
* A lot of the young adult novel ''None of the Above by'' by I.W. Gregorio deals with the teenage protagonist dealing with the realization that she has AIS.
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* A lot of the young adult novel ''None of the Above by'' by I.W. Gregorio deals with the teenage protagonist dealing with the realization that she has AIS.
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* A lot of the young adult novel ''None of the Above by'' by I.W. Gregorio deals with the teenage protagonist dealing with the realization that she has AIS.
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* A lot of The big [[TheReveal reveal]] in ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck'' is that the young adult novel ''None of the Above by'' by I.W. Gregorio deals titular character's increasingly feminine appearance is due to 'his' being a chromosomal chimera, with both XX and XXY sets of chromosomes. Tuck was actually intersex at birth, though the teenage protagonist dealing with the realization doctors never told his family that she has AIS.they had 'corrected' this, a fact that made his mother furious when they learned the truth.
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* In one episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', the episode starts with a rapist getting killed by his victim and the DNA evidence leads the detectives to a teenage boy who just happens to have an ironclad alibi. It turns out his twin "sister" is actually his twin ''brother''; it seems he lost his penis when they were circumcised as babies and the doctors who botched the operation covered their tracks by completing the job and talking his parents into raising him as a girl. Sadly, this is actually TruthInTelevision: The episode is based on an actual case. Just like the character in the episode, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer real man]] vehemently reverted to a male gender identity as soon as he got the chance. Sadly, he ended up killing himself [[spoiler: instead of killing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Money the doctor]] like his fictional counterpart in SVU did]].
* In one episode of ''Series/{{House}}'', a woman turns out to be suffering from testicular cancer, due to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_insensitive Androgen insensitivity syndrome]] [[note]]In reality, androgen-insensitive women seldom have a significantly increased risk of testicular cancer; rather the "threat" of cancer is used as an excuse to remove the gender-incongruous gonads despite their being fundamentally harmless[[/note]].
* This is a major plot point in an episode of ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'', when Ken's new girlfriend Amy tells her she's one of these. There was no DNA test or anything - the conflict came from Amy getting upset at Ken (who initially struggled with the revelation) telling his friends her big secret.
* In one episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', a DNA sample with female chromosomes turned out to belong to a male character. He was a post-operation trans man and it wasn't known that he was transgender.
* In one episode of ''Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag'', Anna and Kristina couldn't figure out which part of their lobsters was the coral, which part was the roe and which were the "intestine-y bit(s) one should not eat" and Kristina asked if lobsters were hermaphrodite-both [male and female]. As it turns out, they needed female lobsters for their recipe but the cookbook they were testing did not divulge that detail.
* In one episode of ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', during a game of Party Quirks, Colin was playing a character who suspected that people were not the gender they purported themselves to be and he spent his time during the game [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAjTtNALURg feeling up his fellow contestants.]]
* In one episode of ''Series/{{House}}'', a woman turns out to be suffering from testicular cancer, due to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_insensitive Androgen insensitivity syndrome]] [[note]]In reality, androgen-insensitive women seldom have a significantly increased risk of testicular cancer; rather the "threat" of cancer is used as an excuse to remove the gender-incongruous gonads despite their being fundamentally harmless[[/note]].
* This is a major plot point in an episode of ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'', when Ken's new girlfriend Amy tells her she's one of these. There was no DNA test or anything - the conflict came from Amy getting upset at Ken (who initially struggled with the revelation) telling his friends her big secret.
* In one episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', a DNA sample with female chromosomes turned out to belong to a male character. He was a post-operation trans man and it wasn't known that he was transgender.
* In one episode of ''Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag'', Anna and Kristina couldn't figure out which part of their lobsters was the coral, which part was the roe and which were the "intestine-y bit(s) one should not eat" and Kristina asked if lobsters were hermaphrodite-both [male and female]. As it turns out, they needed female lobsters for their recipe but the cookbook they were testing did not divulge that detail.
* In one episode of ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', during a game of Party Quirks, Colin was playing a character who suspected that people were not the gender they purported themselves to be and he spent his time during the game [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAjTtNALURg feeling up his fellow contestants.]]
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* In one A Season 8 episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' features a young woman, Lois, who is about to get married and is concerned that at the episode starts with age of 22 she has never had a rapist getting killed by his victim and period. When she approaches the DNA evidence leads the detectives midwives about this, they refer her to a teenage boy who just happens to have an ironclad alibi. It turns out his twin "sister" is actually his twin ''brother''; it seems he lost his penis when they were circumcised as babies hospital where (after a very unpleasant and the doctors who botched the operation covered their tracks unfeeling examination by completing the job a doctor and talking his parents into raising him as a girl. Sadly, this is actually TruthInTelevision: The episode is based on an actual case. Just like the character in the episode, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer real man]] vehemently reverted to group of medical students) she discovers that she has "Testicular Feminisation Syndrome" (now called Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome). This causes her a male gender massive identity as soon as he got crisis and leads her to break off her engagement and [[AttemptedSuicide a suicide attempt]]. Thankfully, the chance. Sadly, he ended up killing himself [[spoiler: instead of killing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Money Midwives and her mother are able to convince her that she still is the doctor]] like his fictional counterpart in SVU did]].
* In one episode of ''Series/{{House}}'', a woman turns out to be suffering from testicular cancer, due to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_insensitive Androgen insensitivity syndrome]] [[note]]In reality, androgen-insensitive women seldom have a significantly increased risk of testicular cancer; rather the "threat" of cancer is used as an excuse to remove the gender-incongruous gonads despite their being fundamentally harmless[[/note]].
* This is a major plot point in an episode of ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'', when Ken's new girlfriend Amy tellssame person she always was and she and her she's one of these. There was no DNA test or anything - the conflict came from Amy getting upset at Ken (who initially struggled fiance get back together with the revelation) him telling his friends her big secret.
that he loves her regardless of the fact that she can't have children and of her condition.
* In one episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', a DNA sample with female chromosomesturned turns out to belong to a male character. He was He's a post-operation trans man man, and it wasn't known that he was transgender.
* In one episode of ''Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag'', Anna and Kristina couldn't figure out which part of their lobsters was the coral, which part was the roe and which were the "intestine-y bit(s) one should not eat" and Kristina asked if lobsters were hermaphrodite-both [male and female]. As it turns out, they needed female lobsters for their recipe but the cookbook they were testing did not divulge that detail.
* In one episode of ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', during a game of Party Quirks, Colin was playing a character who suspected that people were not the gender they purported themselves to be and he spent his time during the game [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAjTtNALURg feeling up his fellow contestants.]]he's transgender.
* In one episode of ''Series/{{House}}'', a woman turns out to be suffering from testicular cancer, due to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_insensitive Androgen insensitivity syndrome]] [[note]]In reality, androgen-insensitive women seldom have a significantly increased risk of testicular cancer; rather the "threat" of cancer is used as an excuse to remove the gender-incongruous gonads despite their being fundamentally harmless[[/note]].
* This is a major plot point in an episode of ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'', when Ken's new girlfriend Amy tells
* In one episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', a DNA sample with female chromosomes
* In one episode of ''Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag'', Anna and Kristina couldn't figure out which part of their lobsters was the coral, which part was the roe and which were the "intestine-y bit(s) one should not eat" and Kristina asked if lobsters were hermaphrodite-both [male and female]. As it turns out, they needed female lobsters for their recipe but the cookbook they were testing did not divulge that detail.
* In one episode of ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', during a game of Party Quirks, Colin was playing a character who suspected that people were not the gender they purported themselves to be and he spent his time during the game [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAjTtNALURg feeling up his fellow contestants.]]
* This is a major plot point in an episode of ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' when Ken's new girlfriend Amy tells her that she's one of these. There's no DNA test or anything -- the conflict comes from Amy getting upset at Ken (who initially struggles with the revelation) telling his friends her big secret.
* In one episode of ''Series/{{House}}'', a woman turns out to be suffering from testicular cancer due to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_insensitive Androgen insensitivity syndrome]]. (In reality, androgen-insensitive women seldom have a significantly increased risk of testicular cancer; rather, the "threat" of cancer is used as an excuse to remove the gender-incongruous gonads despite their being fundamentally harmless.)
* One episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' starts with a rapist getting killed by his victim and the DNA evidence leads the detectives to a teenage boy who just happens to have an ironclad alibi. It turns out that his twin "sister" is actually his twin ''brother''; it seems he lost his penis when they were circumcised as babies and the doctors who botched the operation covered their tracks by completing the job and talking his parents into raising him as a girl. Sadly, this is actually TruthInTelevision: The episode is based on an actual case. Just like the character in the episode, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer real man]] vehemently reverted to a male gender identity as soon as he got the chance. Sadly, he ended up killing himself [[spoiler:instead of killing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Money the doctor]] like his fictional counterpart in ''SVU'' did]].
* In one episode of ''Series/{{House}}'', a woman turns out to be suffering from testicular cancer due to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_insensitive Androgen insensitivity syndrome]]. (In reality, androgen-insensitive women seldom have a significantly increased risk of testicular cancer; rather, the "threat" of cancer is used as an excuse to remove the gender-incongruous gonads despite their being fundamentally harmless.)
* One episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' starts with a rapist getting killed by his victim and the DNA evidence leads the detectives to a teenage boy who just happens to have an ironclad alibi. It turns out that his twin "sister" is actually his twin ''brother''; it seems he lost his penis when they were circumcised as babies and the doctors who botched the operation covered their tracks by completing the job and talking his parents into raising him as a girl. Sadly, this is actually TruthInTelevision: The episode is based on an actual case. Just like the character in the episode, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer real man]] vehemently reverted to a male gender identity as soon as he got the chance. Sadly, he ended up killing himself [[spoiler:instead of killing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Money the doctor]] like his fictional counterpart in ''SVU'' did]].
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* A Season 8 episode ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' features a young woman, Lois, who is about to get married and is concerned that at the age of 22 she has never had a period. When she approaches the midwives about this they refer her to a hospital which (after a very unpleasant and unfeeling examination by a Doctor and a group of medical students) she discovers she has "Testicular Feminisation Syndrome" (now called Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome). This causes her a massive identity crisis and leads her to break off her engagement and [[AttemptedSuicide a suicide attempt]]. Thankfully the Midwives and her mother are able to convince her that she still is the same person she always was and she and her fiance get back together with him telling her that he loves her regardless of the fact that she can't have children and of her condition.
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* ''Series/YTheLastMan2021'': This comes up, as the phenomenon that killed almost all of the world's men seems to have specifically affected people with a Y chromosome. As a result, women who never knew they had a Y chromosome dropped dead on top of self-aware intersex people with one and trans women. The men other than Yorick who were spared, meanwhile, are in the reverse situation, though only trans men have been confirmed so far.
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* ''Series/YTheLastMan2021'': In one episode of ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', during a game of Party Quirks, Colin plays a character who suspects that people are not the gender they purport themselves to be and he spends his time during the game [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAjTtNALURg feeling up his fellow contestants.]]
* This comesup, up in ''Series/YTheLastMan2021'', as the phenomenon that [[{{Gendercide}} killed almost all of the world's men men]] seems to have specifically affected people with a Y chromosome. As a result, women who never knew they had a Y chromosome dropped dead on top of self-aware intersex people with one and trans women. The men other than Yorick who were spared, meanwhile, are in the reverse situation, though only trans men have been confirmed so far.
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* The big [[TheReveal reveal]] in ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck'' is that the titular character's increasingly feminine appearance is due to 'his' being a chromosomal chimera, with both XX and XXY sets of chromosomes. Tuck was actually intersex at birth, though the doctors never told his family that they had 'corrected' this, a fact that made his mother furious when they learned the truth.
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* The big [[TheReveal reveal]] in ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck'' is that the titular character's increasingly feminine appearance is due to 'his' being a chromosomal chimera, with both XX and XXY sets of chromosomes. Tuck was actually intersex at birth, though the doctors never told his family that they had 'corrected' this, a fact that made his mother furious when they learned the truth.
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* In human beings and most types of animals all embryos begin with undifferentiated gonads connected to both ductus (vas) deferns and oviducts (Fallopian tubes). By default the gonads will develop into ovaries and the vas deferens will disappear, but usually the presence of a Y chromosome causes an androgen reaction that makes the gonads instead become testes and the Fallopian tubes wither away whilst retaining the vas deferens. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_androgen_insensitivity_syndrome Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome]] is an intersex condition that causes the woman affected to be born with a vagina, but with XY chromosomes, no uterus, and internal testes where the ovaries would typically be. These women overwhelmingly identify as female and heterosexual.
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* In human beings and most types of animals all embryos begin with undifferentiated gonads connected to both ductus (vas) deferns and oviducts (Fallopian tubes). By default default, the gonads will develop into ovaries and the vas deferens will disappear, but usually the presence of a Y chromosome causes an androgen reaction that makes the gonads instead become testes and the Fallopian tubes wither away whilst retaining the vas deferens. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_androgen_insensitivity_syndrome Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome]] is an intersex condition that causes the woman affected to be born with a vagina, but with XY chromosomes, no uterus, and internal testes where the ovaries would typically be. These women overwhelmingly identify as female and heterosexual.
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* ''Series/ThePower2023'': Due to his intersex condition, Ryan (though he appears outwardly male and identifies as a man) also has the skein, while otherwise it's only developed in women or girls (who are cisgender). [[spoiler:It is then revealed in "The Shape of Power" that trans women (implied for only those on hormone therapy) [[SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson can develop a skein]].]]
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* ''Series/ThePower2023'': Due to his intersex condition, Ryan (though he appears outwardly male and identifies as a man) also has the skein, while otherwise it's [[GenderRestrictedAbility only developed in women or girls girls]] (who are cisgender). [[spoiler:It is then revealed in "The Shape of Power" that trans women (implied for only those on hormone therapy) [[SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson can develop a skein]].]]
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* ''Series/ThePower2023'': Due to his intersex condition, Ryan (though he appears outwardly male and identifies as a man) also has the skein, while otherwise it's only developed in women or girls (who are cisgender).
* ''Series/YTheLastMan2021'': This comes up, as the phenonmenon that killed almost all of the world's men seems to have specifically affected people with a Y chromosome. As a result, women who never knew they had a Y chromosome dropped dead on top of self-aware intersex people with one and trans women. The men other than Yorick who were spared, meanwhile, are in the reverse situation, though only trans men have been confirmed so far.
* ''Series/YTheLastMan2021'': This comes up, as the phenonmenon that killed almost all of the world's men seems to have specifically affected people with a Y chromosome. As a result, women who never knew they had a Y chromosome dropped dead on top of self-aware intersex people with one and trans women. The men other than Yorick who were spared, meanwhile, are in the reverse situation, though only trans men have been confirmed so far.
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cisgender). [[spoiler:It is then revealed in "The Shape of Power" that trans women (implied for only those on hormone therapy) [[SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson can develop a skein]].]]
* ''Series/YTheLastMan2021'': This comes up, as thephenonmenon phenomenon that killed almost all of the world's men seems to have specifically affected people with a Y chromosome. As a result, women who never knew they had a Y chromosome dropped dead on top of self-aware intersex people with one and trans women. The men other than Yorick who were spared, meanwhile, are in the reverse situation, though only trans men have been confirmed so far.
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In fiction, this usually pops up in various kinds of detective stories and is used as an excuse to make a DNA test into a RedHerring. It can also be a source of drama or simply a character quirk. The actual cause is likely to be HandWaved or just glossed over. UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} people are covered by their own trope but may also fall under Wrong Genetic Sex if their transgender status is not known in advance and the plot hinges on the difference between their chromosomes and their appearance. Intersex people may also be included under similar circumstances. However, only individuals count: If an entire population is intersex, then it's a OneGenderRace.
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In fiction, this usually pops up in various kinds of detective stories and is used as an excuse to make a DNA test into a RedHerring. It can also be a source of drama or simply a character quirk. The actual cause is likely to be HandWaved or just glossed over. UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} people are covered by their own trope but may also fall under Wrong Genetic Sex if their transgender status is not known in advance and the plot hinges on the difference between their chromosomes and their appearance. Intersex people may also be included under similar circumstances. However, only individuals count: If if an entire population is intersex, then it's a OneGenderRace.
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* The protagonist from Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/AllYouZombies'', who starts out as an intersex female and...it gets complicated. Her actual degree of intersexualization approaches true [[{{Hermaphrodite}} hermaphrodism]] and wouldn't be biologically possible, except [[spoiler:there's no logical reason why she'd be human anyway]].
* The protagonist from Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/AllYouZombies'', who starts out as an intersex female and...it gets complicated. Her actual degree of intersexualization approaches true [[{{Hermaphrodite}} hermaphrodism]] and wouldn't be biologically possible, except [[spoiler:there's no logical reason why she'd be human anyway]].
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Most people who have passed grade school know that men have one X and one Y chromosome while women have two X chromosomes. However, in RealLife it's not always that simple.
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* Calliope (later Cal) from the book ''Literature/{{Middlesex}}'' was born intersex (genetically XY) and raised female until the age of fourteen. Notably, her being RaisedAsTheOppositeGender was completely unintentional on the part of both her doctors and her parents, since the doctor was nearsighted and had no idea that she was actually male.
** Cal also meets a woman with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_androgen_insensitivity_syndrome Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome]], an intersex condition that causes the woman affected to be born with a vagina, but with XY chromosomes, no uterus, and internal testes where the ovaries would typically be. Despite being able to pass as a woman, she strongly identifies herself as a {{hermaphrodite}} and is an intersex rights activist.
** Cal also meets a woman with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_androgen_insensitivity_syndrome Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome]], an intersex condition that causes the woman affected to be born with a vagina, but with XY chromosomes, no uterus, and internal testes where the ovaries would typically be. Despite being able to pass as a woman, she strongly identifies herself as a {{hermaphrodite}} and is an intersex rights activist.
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* Calliope (later Cal) from the book ''Literature/{{Middlesex}}'' was born intersex (genetically XY) and raised female until the age of fourteen. Notably, her being RaisedAsTheOppositeGender was completely unintentional on the part of both her doctors and her parents, since the doctor was nearsighted and had no idea that she was actually male.
**male. Cal also meets a woman with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_androgen_insensitivity_syndrome Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome]], an intersex condition that causes the woman affected to be born with a vagina, but with XY chromosomes, no uterus, and internal testes where the ovaries would typically be. Despite being able to pass as a woman, she strongly identifies herself as a {{hermaphrodite}} and is an intersex rights activist.
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* ''Literature/ThePower'': The Power draws a rather stark line between male and female. Jos's boyfriend Ryan is an example of how biology isn't quite so clear. Despite being overall male in biology, along with identifying as such, he has a chromosomal abnormality that means he also has a skein. In-universe, this is seen as an abnormality that is also grounds for having a particular fetish.
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Dewicking per TRS.
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In fiction, this usually pops up in various kinds of detective stories and is used as an excuse to make a DNA test into a RedHerring. It can also be a source of drama or simply a character quirk. The actual cause is likely to be HandWaved or just glossed over. {{Transgender}} people are covered by their own trope but may also fall under Wrong Genetic Sex if their transgender status is not known in advance and the plot hinges on the difference between their chromosomes and their appearance. Intersex people may also be included under similar circumstances. However, only individuals count: If an entire population is intersex, then it's a OneGenderRace.
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In fiction, this usually pops up in various kinds of detective stories and is used as an excuse to make a DNA test into a RedHerring. It can also be a source of drama or simply a character quirk. The actual cause is likely to be HandWaved or just glossed over. {{Transgender}} UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} people are covered by their own trope but may also fall under Wrong Genetic Sex if their transgender status is not known in advance and the plot hinges on the difference between their chromosomes and their appearance. Intersex people may also be included under similar circumstances. However, only individuals count: If an entire population is intersex, then it's a OneGenderRace.
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* The protagonist of ''Fanfic/LittleFires'' is a {{Transgender}} tortoiseshell she-cat who is implied to be intersex.
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* The protagonist of ''Fanfic/LittleFires'' is a {{Transgender}} UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} tortoiseshell she-cat who is implied to be intersex.
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* A Season 8 episode ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' features a young woman, Lois, who is about to get married and is concerned that at the age of 22 she has never had a period. When she approaches the midwives about this they refer her to a hospital which (after a very unpleasant and unfeeling examination in by a Doctor and a group of medical students) she discovers she has "Testicular Feminisation Syndrome" (now called Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome). This causes her a massive identity crisis and leads her to break off her engagement and [[AttemptedSuicide a suicide attempt]]. Thankfully the Midwives and her mother are able to convince her that she still is the same person she always was and she and her fiance get back together with him telling her that he loves her regardless of the fact that she can't have children and of her condition.
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* A Season 8 episode ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' features a young woman, Lois, who is about to get married and is concerned that at the age of 22 she has never had a period. When she approaches the midwives about this they refer her to a hospital which (after a very unpleasant and unfeeling examination in by a Doctor and a group of medical students) she discovers she has "Testicular Feminisation Syndrome" (now called Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome). This causes her a massive identity crisis and leads her to break off her engagement and [[AttemptedSuicide a suicide attempt]]. Thankfully the Midwives and her mother are able to convince her that she still is the same person she always was and she and her fiance get back together with him telling her that he loves her regardless of the fact that she can't have children and of her condition.
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Cleaning up Intersex wicks
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* The big [[TheReveal reveal]] in ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck'' is that the titular character's increasingly feminine appearance is due to 'his' being a chromosomal chimera, with both XX and XXY sets of chromosomes. Tuck was actually {{intersex}} at birth, though the doctors never told his family that they had 'corrected' this, a fact that made his mother furious when they learned the truth.
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* The big [[TheReveal reveal]] in ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck'' is that the titular character's increasingly feminine appearance is due to 'his' being a chromosomal chimera, with both XX and XXY sets of chromosomes. Tuck was actually {{intersex}} intersex at birth, though the doctors never told his family that they had 'corrected' this, a fact that made his mother furious when they learned the truth.
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* The big [[TheReveal reveal]] in ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck'' is that the titular character's increasingly feminine appearance is due to 'his' being a chromosomal chimera, with both XX and XXY sets of chromosomes. Tuck was actually [[{{Hermaphrodite}} intersex]] at birth, though the doctors never told his family that they had 'corrected' this, a fact that made his mother furious when they learned the truth.
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* The big [[TheReveal reveal]] in ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck'' is that the titular character's increasingly feminine appearance is due to 'his' being a chromosomal chimera, with both XX and XXY sets of chromosomes. Tuck was actually [[{{Hermaphrodite}} intersex]] {{intersex}} at birth, though the doctors never told his family that they had 'corrected' this, a fact that made his mother furious when they learned the truth.
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* In ''Series/FakingIt'', [[spoiler:Lauren]]'s plot revolves around some pills she's taking and very defensive about. The rest of the main cast eventually finds out that she's intersex and androgen-insensitive.
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* In ''Series/FakingIt'', [[spoiler:Lauren]]'s plot revolves around taking some pills she's taking and very defensive about. The rest of the main cast eventually finds out that she's intersex and androgen-insensitive.
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* A Season 8 episode ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' features a young woman, Lois, who is about to get married and is concerned that at the age of 22 she has never had a period. When she approaches the midwives about this they refer her to a hospital which (after a very unpleasant an unfeeling examination in by a Doctor and a group of medical students) she discovers she has "Testicular Feminisation Syndrome" (now called Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome). This causes her a massive identity crisis and leads her to break off her engagement and [[AttemptedSuicide a suicide attempt]]. Thankfully the Midwives and her mother are able to convince her that she still is the same person she always was and she and her fiance get back together with him telling her that he loves her regardless of the fact that she can't have children and of her condition.
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* A Season 8 episode ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' features a young woman, Lois, who is about to get married and is concerned that at the age of 22 she has never had a period. When she approaches the midwives about this they refer her to a hospital which (after a very unpleasant an and unfeeling examination in by a Doctor and a group of medical students) she discovers she has "Testicular Feminisation Syndrome" (now called Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome). This causes her a massive identity crisis and leads her to break off her engagement and [[AttemptedSuicide a suicide attempt]]. Thankfully the Midwives and her mother are able to convince her that she still is the same person she always was and she and her fiance get back together with him telling her that he loves her regardless of the fact that she can't have children and of her condition.
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* Chimerism has been found to be the cause of rare -- sometimes seemingly impossible -- coat colors in several species of animal, including dogs, cats, and horses. One particular horse appeared to be a stallion, but was found to have a blend of stallion and mare DNA; calico tomcats are the feline equivalent.
** Cross-sex chimerism can also occur in birds, although their mechanism of sex chromosomes is different (ZZ males vs ZW females). In fact, it's common enough that captive-breeders of parrots have a term ("half-sider") for a bird that displays one sex/color on one side and a different sex/color on the other.
** Cross-sex chimerism can also occur in birds, although their mechanism of sex chromosomes is different (ZZ males vs ZW females). In fact, it's common enough that captive-breeders of parrots have a term ("half-sider") for a bird that displays one sex/color on one side and a different sex/color on the other.
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* Chimerism has been found to be the cause of rare -- sometimes seemingly impossible -- coat colors in several species of animal, including dogs, cats, and horses. One particular horse appeared to be a stallion, but was found to have a blend of stallion and mare DNA; calico tomcats are the feline equivalent.
**equivalent. Cross-sex chimerism can also occur in birds, although their mechanism of sex chromosomes is different (ZZ males vs ZW females). In fact, it's common enough that captive-breeders of parrots have a term ("half-sider") for a bird that displays one sex/color on one side and a different sex/color on the other.
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XX_male_syndrome XX male syndrome]] is a rare intersex condition that causes the male affected to have XX chromosones, as well as small testes, varying degrees of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynecomastia gynecomastia]], poor facial hair growth, and diminished libido. Men and boys with the condition are otherwise not particularly feminine.
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XX_male_syndrome XX male syndrome]] is a rare intersex condition that causes the male affected to have XX chromosones, chromosomes, as well as small testes, varying degrees of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynecomastia gynecomastia]], poor facial hair growth, and diminished libido. Men and boys with the condition are otherwise not particularly feminine.
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shouldn't really misgender her, huh?
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* The protagonist of ''Fanfic/LittleFires'' is a tortoiseshell tomcat who [[{{Transgender}} identifies as female]]. Emberpaw is implied to be intersex.
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* The protagonist of ''Fanfic/LittleFires'' is a {{Transgender}} tortoiseshell tomcat she-cat who [[{{Transgender}} identifies as female]]. Emberpaw is implied to be intersex.
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See also {{Hermaphrodite}}, which may overlap but is in many cases a distinct phenomenon. Both "hermaphrodite" and "pseudohermaphrodite" were used as medical terms for these conditions in the past but that usage was not strictly accurate and is now considered pejorative.
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See also {{Hermaphrodite}}, which may overlap but is in many cases a distinct phenomenon.phenomenon, and IntersexTribulations. Both "hermaphrodite" and "pseudohermaphrodite" were used as medical terms for these conditions in the past but that usage was not strictly accurate and is now considered pejorative.
