# What it means to be intersex

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxLondon
- Speaker: Susannah Temko
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/susannah_temko_what_it_means_to_be_intersex)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

For intersex people -- those born with sex characteristics outside the traditional definitions of female and male -- the stakes to appear "normal" are high. Drawing on her personal experience, Susannah Temko reveals the shame, prejudice and harm faced by the intersex community, as they're forced to conform to a binary understanding of sex that ultimately hinders their health and well-being. She calls on us all to discard outdated notions of biological sex and accept the complexity within humanity.

## Lectures

1. [What it means to be intersex](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/susannah_temko_what_it_means_to_be_intersex/3800c0a95807), 14 min (TED's player)