Intersex people are born with sex characteristics, such as genitals, gonads and chromosome patterns, "that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies". This list consists of notable researchers on intersex issues, including human rights, legal recognition and medical issues. The individual listings note the subject's main occupation or source of notability.

Noted researchers on intersex

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Janik Bastien-Charlebois Janik Bastien-Charlebois is an intersex sociology professor, and advocate for intersex rights. She teaches at the Université du Québec à Montréal, and her areas of study include cultural democracy, testimony, epistemology, homophobia and fem ...

, Quebecois professor of sociology and advocate on intersex human rights.

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* Morgan Carpenter, an Australian activist, researcher and bioethics graduate. * Cary Gabriel Costello, U.S. associate professor of sociology and advocate for transgender and intersex rights.

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Georgiann Davis Georgiann Davis is an associate professor of sociology at the University of New Mexico and author of the book ''Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis''. Davis formerly held similar positions at University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Southern Il ...

, U.S. associate professor of sociology and researcher on intersex issues. * Milton Diamond, U.S. professor of neurology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, and director of The Pacific Center for Sex and Society located at the University of Hawaii. * Alice Dreger, U.S bioethicist, author and former chair of the Intersex Society of North America.

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Anne Fausto-Sterling Anne Fausto-Sterling ( Sterling; born July 30, 1944) is an American sexologist who has written extensively on the biology of gender, sexual identity, gender identity, gender roles, and intersexuality. She is the Nancy Duke Lewis Professor Emer ...

, U.S. Professor Emerita and author of numerous books on intersex, including '' Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality'', 2000.

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Richard Goldschmidt Richard Benedict Goldschmidt (April 12, 1878 – April 24, 1958) was a German-born American geneticist. He is considered the first to attempt to integrate genetics, development, and evolution. He pioneered understanding of reaction norms, gen ...

(1878–1958), U.S. geneticist who coined the word intersex.

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Morgan Holmes Morgan Holmes is a Canadian sociologist, author, and a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario. She is also an intersex activist and writer, and former member of Intersex Society of North America. Holmes participated in the first public ...

, Canadian sociology professor, author of books including ''Intersex: A Perilous Difference'' (2007), and editor of ''Critical Intersex'', 2009.Dr. Morgan Holmes
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Ieuan Hughes Ieuan Arwel Hughes is a paediatric endocrinologist and an emeritus professor of paediatrics at the University of Cambridge. Hughes is most notable for long-standing research into disorders of sex development (DSD), established one of the largest a ...

, paediatric endocrinologist and a emeritus professor of paediatrics at the University of Cambridge.

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Katrina Karkazis Katrina Alicia Karkazis (born 1970) is an anthropologist and bioethicist. She is a professor of Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College. She was previously the Carol Zicklin Endowed Chair in the Honors Academy at Brooklyn College ...

, U.S. bioethicist, author of '' Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, and Lived Experience'', a 2008 book on intersex that is regarded as meticulous, authoritative and thoughtful.Katrina Karkazis, PhD, MPH
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Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine is the medical school of Stanford University and is located in Stanford, California. It traces its roots to the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific, founded in San Francisco in 1858. This ...

Center for Biomedical Ethics, 2013 *

Suzanne Kessler Suzanne Kessler (born October 13, 1946, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American social psychologist known for the application of ethnomethodology to gender. She and Wendy McKenna pioneered this application of ethnomethodology to the study of ge ...

, U.S. social psychologist and author of ''Lessons from the Intersexed'', which inspired creation of the

Phall-O-Meter The Phall-O-meter is a satirical measure that critiques medical standards for normal male and female phalluses. The tool was developed by Kiira Triea (Denise Tree) based on a concept by Suzanne Kessler and is used to demonstrate concerns with the ...

phallus measurement tool.

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* Heino Meyer-Bahlburg, U.S. psychologist best known for his work on biology of sexual orientation, gender identity, intersexuality, and HIV. * John Money (1921–2006), New Zealand psychologist, sexologist and author, controversial due to the David Reimer case. *

Iain Morland Iain Morland (born 1978) is a British music technologist and author. He formerly lectured in cultural criticism at Cardiff University. His writings focus on issues of gender and sexuality, medical ethics, and science. In 2005, ''Times Higher Edu ...

, British author on gender, sexuality, medical ethics and science.

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* Maria New, U.S. pediatrician and geneticist.

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