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”I was afraid to ask questions"

Kimberly Zieselman was 41 years old, happily married, and the mother of two adopted children when she finally learned the truth about her body—that she was born intersex. In this article published in Good Housekeeping magazine, Zieselman and three other intersex women reflect on their experiences and identities in remarkably different ways (Fogle, 2016).

Dee

Who is Dee?

”I was afraid to ask questions"

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Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

”I was afraid to ask questions"

Featured Content

References:

Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

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