Many people think that gender is a concrete concept, no room to maneuver, but it is actually much more fluid than that. There are places in the world, for example, where girls and mdash; by any outside influences or treatment & mdash; grow up to be men.
If it sounds weird, it is actually just the result of a rare genetic disease.
The condition is technically known as 5-alpha-reductase deficiency, or 5-ARD, and it is characterized by the fact that these children are born with the appearance of the female but the male chromosomal makeup. This means that many of them have female genitalia, but also have a Y chromosome This, in turn, causes to identify as men.
This is one of many conditions that are classified as intersexed.
Las Salinas is a village in the Dominican Republic who is familiar with 5-ARD.
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here, 12 of 13 families surveyed have one or more members men carrying the gene. Although all carriers symptoms of exposure genes, hundreds of people in this village are affected by the strange condition.
The town is small and isolated, which could contribute to the situation.
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Johnny, 24, lives in Las Salinas and is affected by 5-ARD. Originally named Felecita, he was raised as a girl, but he was never comfortable with the gender assignment. "I was born at home rather than in a hospital. They did not know what sex I was. I never liked to dress like a girl. When they bought me toys for girls, I never bothered to play with them. All I wanted to do was play with the boys. "He told the Guardian.
(via The Guardian)
While many people in the world struggle to accept that sex n 't black and white (which makes life extremely difficult for trans and intersex), Johnny lucky. in her village, the transformation of a girl in a boy met celebration. human experiences come in all forms, and the people of Las Salinas have the right idea to celebrate everyone.
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