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{{personal story|quote=Being intersex heavily affects my perception of gender. My natural born self is very [[gnc]] (d cups & big beard), and being [[nonbinary]]/[[genderfluid]] has helped me accept myself as I am.| | {{personal story|quote=Being intersex heavily affects my perception of gender. My natural born self is very [[gnc]] (d cups & big beard), and being [[nonbinary]]/[[genderfluid]] has helped me accept myself as I am.|source=2021 Gender Census }} | ||
[[File:Intersex flag.svg|thumb|In 2013, the Organisation Intersex International Australia created this intersex pride flag. The circle symbolizes wholeness, and the colors are meant to not be derivatives of pink (female) or blue (male).<ref>{{cite web|date=5 July 2013|url=http://oii.org.au/22773/an-intersex-flag/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119034012/https://oii.org.au/22773/an-intersex-flag/|archive-date=19 January 2018|title=An intersex flag|last=Carpenter|first=Morgan|website=Organisation Intersex International Australia}}</ref>]] | [[File:Intersex flag.svg|thumb|In 2013, the Organisation Intersex International Australia created this intersex pride flag. The circle symbolizes wholeness, and the colors are meant to not be derivatives of pink (female) or blue (male).<ref>{{cite web|date=5 July 2013|url=http://oii.org.au/22773/an-intersex-flag/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119034012/https://oii.org.au/22773/an-intersex-flag/|archive-date=19 January 2018|title=An intersex flag|last=Carpenter|first=Morgan|website=Organisation Intersex International Australia}}</ref>]] | ||
'''Intersex''' people are people born with any variation in [[sex]] characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that do not fit the typical definitions of male or female bodies.<ref>[https://unfe.org/system/unfe-65-Intersex_Factsheet_ENGLISH.pdf "Free & Equal Campaign Fact Sheet: Intersex"] (PDF). United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.</ref> | '''Intersex''' people are people born with any variation in [[sex]] characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that do not fit the typical definitions of male or female bodies.<ref>[https://unfe.org/system/unfe-65-Intersex_Factsheet_ENGLISH.pdf "Free & Equal Campaign Fact Sheet: Intersex"] (PDF). United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.</ref> | ||