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Sex, gender and sexuality

Your sex assigned at birth

SEX MALE AND FEMALEYour sex assigned at birth is the biological and physical characteristics used to define people as male or female. These include:

  • X and Y chromosomes
  • whether you have external or internal sex organs (penis or vagina)
  • types and levels of hormones
  • hair growth
  • breast development
  • what is recorded on your birth certificate

Some people are born intersex and have characteristics that don't fit typical definitions of male and female.

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