Any of a variety of conditions (in a dioecious species) whereby an individual has male and femalesex characteristics; the state of having the physical features of both sexes; intersexuality.
1953, Time, 23 Feb 1953:
A Canadian believes that he has solved the diagnostic problem in human intersex. All human cells, says Dr. Murray L. Barr of the University of Western Ontario, contain something called sex chromatin.
2003, Andrew J Lawrence et al., Effects of Pollution on Fish, page 204:
A much more common condition caused by early exposure of fish larvae to oestrogenic substances is intersex, which in males usually takes the form of ovotestis.
If you would not obfuscate the medical history of a person who was born without intersex, then you ought not to do so when dealing with a person born intersex.
His confidentiality was broken, and soon the entire staff and residential population were aware that Jim was intersex. (..) we faced the fact that most programs were gender segregated and would not be a safe place for Jim to be known as intersex.
When I had learned that I was intersex, I brought this issue to my mother.
2010, The Age, 3 Jun 2010:
A survey of 1100 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people by Griffith and Bond University researchers found that the overwhelming majority had been victims of targeted harassment as well as physical and sexual abuse.