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'''Disorders of Sex Development''' (DSD) is a controversial synonym for [[Intersexuality]]. It was developed as a more descriptive term for intersex, but some intersexed people have lashed out against it, since it refers to a natural variation as a "disorder"<ref>[http://www.intersexualite.org/Response_to_Intersex_Initiative.html Response to Intersex Initiative] - [http://web.archive.org/web/20120315231243/http://www.intersexualite.org/Response_to_Intersex_Initiative.htm archived]</ref>. A particularly outspoken activist against the terminology is Curtis Hinkle, of Organisation Intersex International (OII).
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'''Disorders of Sex Development''' (DSD) is a controversial synonym for [[Intersexuality]]. It was developed as a more descriptive term for intersex, but some intersex people have lashed out against it, since it refers to a natural variation as a "disorder"<ref>[http://www.intersexualite.org/Response_to_Intersex_Initiative.html Response to Intersex Initiative] - [http://web.archive.org/web/20120315231243/http://www.intersexualite.org/Response_to_Intersex_Initiative.htm archived]</ref>. A particularly outspoken activist against the terminology is Curtis Hinkle, of Organisation Intersex International (OII).
  
 
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==References==

Revision as of 15:48, 27 March 2014

Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) is a controversial synonym for Intersexuality. It was developed as a more descriptive term for intersex, but some intersex people have lashed out against it, since it refers to a natural variation as a "disorder"[1]. A particularly outspoken activist against the terminology is Curtis Hinkle, of Organisation Intersex International (OII).

References

  1. Response to Intersex Initiative - archived

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