The Hermaphrodite: Mokhoda

Mokhoda, age 22, a low class Bengali Hindu, was admitted in the Campbell Hospital on 13th November, 1904. In deportment, the patient was shy and modest. She gave me the impression that she has some secret to reveal, but was not at all communicative. With some coaxing, I obtained the following facts from her. She has no friends or relatives and lives by working as a maid-servant in a Bengali household. She was married as a girl, at the age of nine. The husband, however, died in two years. She never lived with her husband. There was never anything like menstruation. She complained of some irritation about the genitals and said, that, with the slightest provocation “that thing” (pointing her finger towards the small penis-like body) troubled her. She wanted something done to relieve her...After a few days stay in the hospital, during which time I managed to get the photographs, I amputated the penis and also extirpated the genital gland from the left labium majus. The latter on microscopical examination proved to be a testis. She left the hospital after a few days, happier than before and absolutely believing herself to be a woman...

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Case Study

Currently reading through a case study available through the PubMed Central Database. Many of you are having a difficult time understanding the difference between intersex, transgendered or the term transsexual when discussing hermaphroditism on this site. While browsing through PubMed Central, a case has been pulled that sheds light into the subject at hand. After reading through this case, one has concluded that a human labeled as transsexual, transgendered or intersex, falls under the term Hermaphrodite or pseudohermaphroditism.

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Update: The Hermaphrodite Kye Allums

According to a article published in the Washington Post Newspaper, the hermaphrodite Kye Allums has been benched due to a undisclosed issue that surrounds her (or his) health. The hermaphrodite and her mother are not allowed to give interviews to other reporters because "Kye" and George Washington University agreed to share their "exclusive" story on the Oprah Winfrey Show:

"...Delamartinez said her son wants to help other transgender athletes but school officials have refused to allow him to tell his story to reporters. According to Delamartinez, school officials told her and Allums not to speak to any reporters because the school had arranged to give an exclusive to Oprah Winfrey..."

The Hermaphrodite: Andrej Pejic

It seems as if the most common way for a hermaphrodite-model to sneak into the United States is through the back-doors left open by fashion designers. Reportedly, a very popular fashion designer picked up an australian male-model with serbia roots in Australia. The 19-year old supermodel's name is Andrej Pejic and he has appeared in fashion magazines and shows dressed as a male and most times as a female. In years to come, he'll decide to transition into a female and maybe - just maybe, share his story on the Oprah Winfrey Show:


Andrej Pejic in Jean Paul Gaultier

Update: The Hermaphrodite Lea T

"I wish I could accept my body as a man. I think [my life would be] much more easy...but it’s something in my brain. Medically, it’s a disorder. I tried to live as gay because its easier...like all transgenders (hermaphrodites) do… but at the end of the story when you go to the doctors, they realize you don’t have any homosexuality, because your brain is like a woman’s brain. When you’re transgender, you feel like a woman. So I prefer men..."--- The Hermaphrodite Lea T reveals after discussing her current transition from man to woman - today on the Oprah Winfrey Show:

Lady Ga-Ga

"I need to say thank you tonight to Whitney Houston...I wanted to thank Whitney because when I wrote ‘Born This Way,’ I imagined she was singing it because I wasn’t secure enough in myself to imagine I was a superstar. So Whitney, I imagined you were singing ‘Born This Way’ when I wrote it. Thank you." ---Singer Lady Ga-Ga says during her acceptance speech, after winning for 'Best Pop Vocal Album' for her studio album "The Fame Monster" at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards:
Whitney Houston pictured with Michael Jackson