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Anastasia Van Buskirk, 25, of Chicago said "In ninth or 10th grade, we were learning about -- I don't think they used the word 'intersex' -- but intersex conditions, and I was reading the descriptions, trying to figure out which one I was. I went to my teacher and said, 'I think I"m one of these,' and my teacher basically said, 'If you are, you shouldn't tell anyone.' "
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Anastasia Van Buskirk, 25, of Chicago said “In ninth or 10th grade, we were learning about — I don’t think they used the word ‘intersex’ — but intersex conditions, and I was reading the descriptions, trying to figure out which one I was. I went to my teacher and said, ‘I think I”m one of these,’ and my teacher basically said, ‘If you are, you shouldn’t tell anyone.’ “
Chicago Tribune
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The question of who exactly counts as intersex isn’t a simple one. A small number of infants – often estimated at 1 in 2,000 – are born with noticeably atypical genitals. But under the most expansive definition, intersex people constitute up to 1.7 percent of the population.