https://twitter.com/i/status/1226747625577340929 Sadly the XXY community is awash with people like Callie where parents, siblings, loved ones and work colleagues complain about not "getting us" most within the community are medicated with anti depressive and /or amphetamines, resulting in our creativity being quenched. Those who are impacted struggle to fit in, to blend but, as her …
Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the one of the most frequent chromosomal disorder affecting 1/500–600 male newborns in the general population. The vast majority of the cases shows the 47,XXY karyotype, although mosaicism (46,XY/47,XXY) or higher-grade X aneuploidies can be rarely detected. Despite its high incidence, KS frequently remains undiagnosed and it is suspected later in …
Continue reading Fertility Rates Among Non-Mosaic XXY; At Odds With Real Life Experience
Given the treatment of XXY individuals is (questionably) a sub speciality of Endocrinology it is envisaged that XXY's regardless of how they identify their gender would be exposed to the same difficulties experienced by GD and Trans Individuals.If you are an XXY individual we would love to hear of any difficulties you are experiencing with …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEXpeq-38Sw “It was like a bomb being dropped into our life.” That’s Isaiah Ngwaru. He’s talking about the moment he and his wife, Betina, discovered their child, Tatenda, was intersex. Although they had been raising her as a boy, Tatenda had railed against the strict masculine norms in their hometown of Gutu, Zimbabwe. She wore …
University of Central Florida associate lecturer Irene Pons and her legal studies class are striving to help a Central Florida woman revise her birth certificate. Why does Juleigh Mayfield need legal intervention in order to complete such an ordinary task? Because her story isn’t so typical. Neither Male or Female Although Mayfield lived four decades of …
The intersection of science and identity intensifies the complexity of the umbrella term DSD (Disorders of Sex Development)/Intersex. The interest of science to classify DSD/Intersex conditions to formulate evidence-based best practice has implications on personal identity. Fundamental to ethical decision-making in intersex is the right to choose one’s identity, which includes categorization within the umbrella …
Continue reading Intersex: Implications of Umbrella Terms in The Interest of Science.
Across the arc of the past 150 years, we can see both science and scientism shaping human identity in many ways. Developmental psychology zeroed in on the intellect, leading to the transformation of IQ (intelligence quotient) from an educational tool into a weapon of social control. Immunology redefined the ‘self’ in terms of ‘non-self’. Information …
Continue reading How science has shifted our sense of identity
For anyone who has ever wondered why XXY's are continually compared with XY males across all clinical trials, then wonder no more.
Its been a long time coming but, we are here now and intend to use this platform to drive global awareness of what XXY is, as we move forward you will read of testimonials from XXY individuals the world over and share in their experiences of who they are, what has worked for them, what …
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