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Facts

Also Known As	intersexuality • hermaphrodite

Topics

berdache hijra gender dysphoria gender-affirming surgery pseudohermaphroditism gender-affirming hormone therapy hermaphroditism Sex sex chromosome sexual differentiation sexual response cycle Sexual dimorphism Sex hormone Unisexuality Bisexuality

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Richard B. Goldschmidt

German-born American zoologist