Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group

🏥 Medical Perspectives on Intersex Genitalia Variations: The Importance of Informed Consent 🧑‍⚕️ Intersex genitalia variations, often misunderstood and subject to controversy, highlight important discussions in the medical field about bodily autonomy, ethics, and the right to informed consent. Medical decisions regarding intersex individuals can have profound, lifelong effects, and historically, many of these decisions…

🌟 Agender: Meaning, Pronouns, and How It Differs from Non-Binary 🌟 In an increasingly inclusive world, the language around gender is evolving, and with it, the understanding of identities like agender. People who identify as agender exist beyond the conventional male-female binary, challenging societal assumptions about what gender is and how it should be expressed.…

🌈 Breaking Stereotypes: Monogamy and Gender Identity in Intersex Relationships 💞 Monogamy and gender identity are often viewed through the lens of traditional societal norms. However, intersex individuals, whose bodies and experiences often exist beyond the binary categories of male and female, challenge these norms in unique and powerful ways. In doing so, they offer…

🌈 What Is an Intersex Woman? Understanding Gender, Biology, and Identity The concept of being an intersex woman is one that challenges traditional understandings of sex and gender. Often misunderstood or overlooked, intersex individuals are born with biological characteristics that don’t fit typical definitions of male or female. An intersex woman specifically refers to someone…

In this blog, I will discuss the importance of inclusion and education regarding intersex syndrome and provide resources for those who wish to learn more. Intersex is a condition in which, at birth, the external reproductive organs cannot be classified as male or female. Although it was discovered a long time ago, currently, the world…

Introduction This page carries excerpts from our journal/newsletter (ALIAS) on advances in reproductive technology that might someday provide an AIS woman with some reproductive options. Please note that although some of us have a scientific/medical background, and we have tried to give informed predictions/comments, we are not experts in this area and many of our…

We use this part of the web site to display people's stories. If you have AIS or a related condition, or you are the parents of an affected child, we would like to hear from you. The UK group looks after the web site so please send your story to the UK group (see How to…

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) is one of a number of biological intersex conditions. Intersex results from a variation in the embryological development of the reproductive tract, often determined by a known genetic mutation. Index to this Page What is Intersex? The usual pattern of human foetal development results in a 3-part alignment, as follows Either:…