Male or female? Babies born on the sliding sex scale

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A child that is born neither male or female is a rare occurrence but babies born with some form of Disorder of Sex Development (DSD) happens in one in every 1,500 births, according to the support group Accord Alliance.

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After Janet was born, it was difficult to tell if she was a boy or a girl. "When my grandfather learned there was a question of my sex, it was suggested by him that they just let me die," she says.

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Now in her 50s and a mother of two, she was born with a womb, ovaries and female genes but her genitals and hormones were partly masculine.

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Me, My Sex and I will be broadcast on BBC One, on Tuesday 11 October at 22:35.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14459843

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0139jv4