TagDifferences/Disorders of Sex Development (DSD)

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SHINE SA Media Release: Support for Calls for Inclusion of Gender, Variations of Sex Characteristics, and Sexual Orientation in the 2026 Census Posted on September 4, 2024 “All of us count, and all of us should be counted” SHINE SA supports the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) proposal to include three essential topics—gender, innate variations of sex characteristics, and sexual...

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Disorders of penis development are on the rise and we’re not sure why

By J Pope

In Gender & Sex, Reproductive health

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The Conversation, 15/02/2019 By Mark Green and Andrew Pask In prenatal ultrasounds or at delivery, many new parents look between their baby’s legs: the presence of a penis is taken as a strong sign that it’s a boy. For humans and other animals, development of a penis was thought to be driven by “male hormones” (androgens) produced entirely by the testes of the male fetus...

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