As the primary sexual differentiation proceeds towards our physical gender, sometimes deviations occur. These anomalies are sometimes called “experiments of nature.” One such “experiment” is a condition termed congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) when the female foetus releases a steroid hormone form her adrenal glands which resembles testosterone. The resulting child often has confusing genitals ranging from deformed female genitals to an appearance of male genitals. If the child is raised as male, following any “adjusting” surgery and given male hormones at puberty, the individual develops as a “normal” but sterile male with XX chromosomes. On the other hand, if the infant is surgically corrected to female and given female hormones, there is a 50/50 chance of lesbian or transgender expression. This “correction” is the source of much unhappiness, and most “intersexed” individuals have this condition.

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