\nI’m Intersexed. It’s not particularly rare. 1 in 60 people have
\nminor Intersex conditions, though it would take a laboratory test to
\ndetermine that.<\/p>\n
About 1 in 1000 have an Intersex condition that’s obvious.<\/p>\n
I have one of the rarest and most spectacular ones.<\/p>\n
In the country of my birth, I would only be allowed to marry another
\nwoman – because homosexual marriage is strongly forbidden, and there
\nI’m legally male. Even though my passport says “female” based on my
\nanatomy – and despite my chromosomes, which are usually (though not
\nalways) found only in men.<\/p>\n
In the country where I live, I could only marry a man, because there
\nI’m legally female, and homosexual marriage is strongly forbidden. It
\ntook many thousands of dollars worth of MRIs, gene tests, Ultrasounds
\nof my pelvis etc to determine that I was more female than male, but
\nthat diagnosis is definitive.<\/p>\n
I REALLY wish Fundamentalist Christians would MAKE UP THEIR MIND as
\nto who it is I’m supposed to have sex with. They all say it’s obvious,
\nbut they differ as to what the answer is.<\/p>\n
Me, I try to follow Isaiah 56:4-5. 1 Corinthians 13 too. It can be
\ndifficult maintaining a charitable attitude when no matter what I do,
\nor fail to do, I’m supposed to be condemned to perdition for it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nAnd R. Hampton writes,<\/p>\n
\nIn 1999, the Texas 4th Court of Appeals in San Antonio said
\nchromosomes — not sex-change operations or outward gender
\ncharacteristics — determine a person’s gender. That ruling allowed
\nJessica and Robin Wicks to be married the following year because one
\nwas born a man (and later had a sex change operation). The rest comes
\nfrom an article published by the Cox News Service in September 2000: <\/p>\n
Rep. Arlene Wohlgemuth, R-Burleson, the president of the Texas
\nConservative Coalition, said … “We don’t object to a marriage license
\nbeing issued since we do favor a marriage between a man and woman and
\nthis fits the legal definition of gender. They are legally a man and a
\nwoman. What they do once they are married is up to them.”<\/i><\/p>\n
But other issues complicate things, said Jack Sampson, a
\nUniversity of Texas law professor. Not everyone is born with a set of
\nchromosomes, XX or XY, that clearly defines their gender.
\nHermaphrodites and other cases of confused genetics could pose problems.<\/i><\/p>\n
Klinefelter syndrome: three sex chromosomes 47(XXY)
\nTurner syndrome: one sex chromsome 45(X)<\/p>\n
Because we only have two legally recognized sexes, how do we “assign” gender to those with said afflictions?<\/p>\n
We know that gays can legally marry someone of the opposite sex, but who is the opposite sex for someone with said afflctions?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Who indeed?<\/p>\n
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