Overview

XY Spectrum was founded in 2017 in Belgrade. It is committed to promoting the rights of intersex and trans people and their families, improving their position and quality of life. What is Intersex? Intersex is a term of English origin, created as a coin of two words: inter (between) and sex. It encompasses the experiences of people whose bodies cannot be classified as typically male or female at birth. Intersex is an umbrella term for people born with variations in sex characteristics, chromosomes, and/or hormones that do not necessarily conform to social and medical expectations. More specifically, intersex people are born with physical or biological gender characteristics (such as sexual anatomy, reproductive organs, hormonal patterns, and/or chromosomal patterns) that do not match the typical definitions of a male or female body. Sometimes when a baby is born, it is easy to identify that it is intersex because of physical characteristics. Occasionally, intersex babies have external genitalia that appear distinctly female or male, but internal genitalia may differ, may be inadequately formed, or nonexistent. In some cases, the intersex state/body can be discovered during childhood, puberty, and even adulthood.