PhotoHAMBURG, Germany — When it comes to the rights of intersexual persons, enlightenment has been a long time coming. Even Germany, a country that sees itself as a front-runner in building awareness for minorities, is only now coming around. Physicians estimate that up to 0.2 percent of people are intersexual, putting the number in Germany at about 16,000. And yet many people will say that they’ve never met an intersexual person. It wasn’t until 2013 that the Bundestag made it possible for intersexuals to choose “male,” “female” or no affiliation.

Source: New York Times November 24, 2017 10:55 UTC