The Outsiders / Intersex / Sylvia Intersex people are individuals born with any of several sex characteristics including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies. Some persons may be assigned and raised as a girl or boy but then identify with another gender later in life, while others continue to identify with their assigned sex Intersex people face stigmatization and discrimination from birth, or following the discovery of intersex