INTERSEX: She describes herself as both – neither female nor male and will not choose a gender.

In general, we all can try to be more accepting of intersex individuals. "Many times in our society people get locked into wanting people to just be the way they are," Oprah says. "But I really do think that in order for our human species to be able to continue to evolve, that we have to be able to accept all people."

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clipped from www.tvsa.co.za She explained that she felt isolated during these times because other girls would be dating, parents fiddling around awkwardly and she just couldn’t be a part of it. When she turned 18, she had the testes removed and joined a support group for people with her condition. She feels very happy to be intersex and that her parents did not operate or give her hormone therapy and she wouldn’t change a thing. She describes herself as both – neither female nor male and will not choose a gender. She feels society forces people to choose sides – bi-racial children always have to be asked which race they identify with. She loves her life and is glad no-one did any surgery on her as a child. Amazing! "There's issues of sex, which is biology—that's male and female and intersex. Then there's gender, which is boy and girl, and sometimes people switch that. And then there's sexual orientation, which is something else in addition—that's whether or not we're attracted to males or to females or to both."