"Like" this page to show your support, share content with your friends, or send us a message! This is the official public page of the InterConnect Support Group (formerly AIS-DSD Support Group) We are dedicated to helping individuals and children with intersex variations, and their families. You have reached a network of hundreds of people whose lives have been touched by these variations
. We invite your involvement in our efforts on support, education, and advocacy. We network with hundreds of intersex adults and their families. We also wish to align with medical allies that are culturally competent. We also wish to collaborate other intersex organizations. You are not alone, and are in truly good company! Visit http://interconnect.support to learn more, or contact us at [email protected]
Intersex variations and traits have been previously referred to as (DSD or Differences of S*x Development) and can, or have in the past included diagnostic, descriptive, or even derogatory names or terms like: Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS), Partial Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (PAIS), Leydig cell hypoplasia, XY gonadal dysgenesis (Swyer Syndrome), ovo-te**es, mixed gonadal dysgenesis, 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency, 5-alpha reductase deficiency, embryonic testicular regression syndrome, XY Turrner Syndrome, Leydig Cell Hypoplasia, Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) Syndrome, Mullerian Dysgenesis, Mullerian Duct Aplasia, Vaginal Atresia, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), 45,X/46,XY mosaicism. Other terms one may have heard are: intersex, intersexual, intersexed, intersexualism, ambiguous genitalia, hermaphrodite, hermaphroditism, DSD, DSDs, Disorders of S*x Development, Disorders of S*xual Development (sic), Testicular Feminization, Male Pseudohermaphroditism, Morris (Morris's) Syndrome, 17-ketosteroid reductase, 17-alpha-hydroxylase, 3-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, karyotype, chromosome, chromosomes, streak go**ds, feminized, phenotype, phenotypically, Androgen Resistance Syndrome, Testicular Feminization Syndrome (Testicular Feminisation Syndrome), Feminizing Te**es Syndrome (Feminising Te**es Syndrome), Male Pseudo-hermaphroditism, Goldberg-Maxwell Syndrome, Reifenstein Syndrome, Gilbert-Dreyfus Syndrome, Rosewater Syndrome, Lubs Syndrome, te**es, testicular, Denys-Drash Syndrome, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome, undervirilized, under-virilization, mosaic, chimera, chimerism.
