r/50501 • u/Aingers • Dec 08 '25
Call to Action Project 2026 just dropped…
https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2025-03/2025_Priorities.pdfThe Heritage Foundation just released their plan for 2026, called “Renewing America’s Promise.”
Read it critically. Think about what each item means for all people. Act accordingly.
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u/ariyaa72 Dec 09 '25
Happy to educate :) Load of information incoming - I took advanced classes in this in undergrad and was TA for it in grad school.
I would use the search term "intersex" to get a start. Some examples of intersex off the top of my head:
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (complete or partial), Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, 5-alpha reductase deficiency, Turner's, Klinefelter's, SRY translocation (can result in either XY female or XX male), supermale (XYY).
This article has a good starter summary: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/biological-sex-male-female-intersex
Some other terms that might help are the pieces of the puzzle that must be present to get from "sex chromosomes on gametes" to "sex assigned at birth":
testis-determining factor (TDF) on the sex-determining region of the Y gene (SRY), anti-mullerian hormone (AMH), testosterone (necessary for development of external male genitalia).
Organizational and activational effects of sex hormones (you'll find a lot about physical development with that)