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SEX ANOMALIES

Image of X sperm fertilizing an X egg (XX female) and a Y sperm fertilizing another X egg (XY male)

Sex anomalies are biological and are separate from the mental states "transgender" and "non-binary"

  • At conception, a person receives one sex chromosome from their father (either X or Y) and one sex chromosome from their mother (always an X). 
  • If a person has XX sex chromosomes then she is a female and has female primary sex characteristics. 
  • If a person as XY chromosomes then he is male and has male primary sex characteristics. 
  • The embryo then receive hormones to cement his or her sex.
  • There are rare sex anomalies (biological exceptions).
  • However, the sex anomalies / biological exceptions are separate from the mental conditions of "transgender" and "non-binary." 

SEX ANOMALIES - CHROMOSOMAL

Image of medical diagnoses for sex chromosome anomalies, eg Klinefelter, XYY and Turner Syndromes

  • Generally, a male has XY sex chromosomes and a female has XX sex chromosomes
  • Roughly one in 500 individuals have a sex chromosome anomaly
  • These individuals still present as either male (male external genitallia) or female (female external genitalia) 
  • These anomalies are assigned medical diagnoses 
  • Signs and symptoms (S/S) occur on a spectrum and some individuals do not have any observable S/S until puberty
  • Unfortunately, sex chromosome anomalies are linked to numerous comorbidities and are separate from mental states of "transgenderism" and "non-binary"

Sex Chromosome Anomalies and their Comorbidities

XXY sex chromosomes, known as Klinefelter's Syndrome

one in 1,000 live male births

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Case Report of a Male with Klinefelter's Syndrome

XXYY Syndrome

one in 850 to 3,000 male births

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Case Report of a Male with XXYY Syndrome

XYYY Syndrome

one in 18,000 to 40,000 male births

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Case Report of a male with XYYY Syndrome

One X sex chromosome, known as Turner Syndrome

one in 2,500 live female births

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Case Report of a female with Turner Syndrome

XXX sex chromosomes, known as Trisomy X Syndrome

one in 1,000 live female births

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Sex Chromosome Anomalies are Related to Comorbidities

Common comorbidties is a learning disability and impaired motor (muscle) function

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SEX ANOMALIES - INTERSEX

  • According to intersex model Hanne Gaby Odiele, "some intersex individuals leave medical care altogether because they are so angry at what physicians did to them [surgery to appear more female or more male] before they were the age of consent."
  • Odiele's statement illustrates the inappropriateness of "gender affirming care" in children.
  • Remember, intersex people have a rare biological condition and are separate from the mental conditions "transgender" and "non-binary." 
  • Gender ideology abducted the "I," just as they did LGB, but "I" should be part of of the trangender acronym

Image of the Intersex flag (deep yellow background with purple circle)
Photo of model Hanne Gaby Odiele, who is intersex (has XY sex chromosomes but presents as female)

  • AIS occurs in perhaps one in 100,000 individuals 
  • There are 3 primary types of AIS:nComplete AIS (CAIS), Partial AIS (PAIS), and Mild AIS (MAIS)
  • Depending upon the degree of androgen insensitivity, XY chromosome individuals with AIS can present as a male or female or with ambiguous genitalia 
  • Pictured is model Hanne Gaby Odiele, who has XY sex chromosomes, but presents as a female 
  • XY chromosome females with AIS always present as a female 

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Case Report: Hanne Gaby Odiele

INTERSEX - Disorders of Sexual Differentiation (DSD)

aka Ambiguous Genitalia

Black and white image of ambiguous genitalia from normal male to ambiguous types to normal female

  • The external genitalia are neither fully male nor female
  • Occurs in one in 5,000 live births

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Pediatricians must assign Sex if genitalia is ambiguous

Image of a Phall-O-Meter which pediatricians use to assign sex of infant with ambiguous genitalia

Case Report of a Person with Ambiguous Genitalia

Photo of close-up of infant with bilateral gonads and clitoromegaly (draping used)

Bilateral gonads and clitoromegaly

Case Report of a Person with Ambiguous Genitalia

Case Report of a Person with Ambiguous Genitalia

4 photos: a) clitoromegaly b) post-op vaginoplasty c) male and female ovotestis d) gross specimen

(a) Female external genitalia with clitoromegaly (b) Postoperative photograph after vaginoplasty and reduction of the enlarged clitoris (c) Gross specimen showing female (♀) and male (♂) parts of ovotestis (d) Cut surface of gross specimen showing grayish white, yellowish areas intersected by darker areas

Case Report of a Person with Ambiguous Genitalia

INTERSEX - Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS)

Photo of a man and woman each wearing a pink teeshirt with "XX or XY"

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS)

  • Occurs in one in 20,000 to 64,000 XY sex chromosome individuals 
  • These XY chromosome individuals can present as a male or female or ambiguous
  • There are over 150 different defects that have been identified so far, and each causes a different type of AIS, e.g., CAIS, PAIS, and MAIS

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CAIS (complete AIS), aka Morris Syndrome

  • Individual has XY sex chromosomes, but presents as a female
  • One in every 80,000 live births
  • X-linked recessive condition due to a complete or partial insensitivity to androgens
  • Results in a failure of normal masculinization of the external genitalia XY sex individuals

Case Report: Three Sisters with Morris Syndrome
Case Report: 21 yr-old-person with Morris Syndrome

SEX ANOMALY - XY FEMALE

Photo of a man and woman each wearing a pink teeshirt with "XX or XY"

Swyer Syndrome

  • Individual has XY sex chromosomes, but presents as a female
  • Occurs in one in 20,000 live births 
  • The cause is often unknown
  • However, in about 15% of cases it is due to a mutation in the  SRY gene 
  • The SRY gene, located on the Y chromosome, provides instructions for making a protein called sex-determining region Y

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Case Report: a 27-yr-old person with Swyer Syndrome
Case Report: a 50-yr-old Person with Swyer Syndrome

SEX ANOMALY - XX MALE

Photo of a man and woman each wearing a pink teeshirt with "XX or XY"

de la Chapelle Syndrome

  • One in 80,000 live births
  • Two X sex chromosomes in each cell, but invariably have male external genitallia, ranging from normal to atypical with associated testosterone deficiency.
  • The testes are small and undescended  (cryptorchidism) or the urethra opening is on the underside of the penis (hypospadias). 
  • A small number of affected people have ambiguous genitalia.
  • Their internal sex organs do not form normally and might not even be present.
  • This exchange occurs as a random event during the formation of sperm cells in the affected person's father. The translocation causes the SRY gene to be misplaced, almost always onto an X chromosome. If a fetus is conceived from a sperm cell with an X chromosome bearing the SRY gene, it will develop as a male despite not having a Y chromosome.

Reference
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Case Report: 30 yr-old person de la Chapelle Syndrome

Additional Sex Anomalies

There are additional sex anomalies, but they tend to be less discussed in medical journals and elsewhere. 

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