Whoa. Have you guys seen this?

[tnsechick.livejournal.com]

Menstruating boy? http://us.rediff.com/news/2005/jun/20boy.htm

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_last_serenade_/]

i saw that yesterday! CRAZY!

they mentioned the condition being life threatening?? i'm curious as to how. perhaps clots would get caught in the urethra or something? i wish there were more follow up to the story. i'm fascinated.

[herekittykitty.livejournal.com]

feel our pain, dammit!!

[residentrachel.livejournal.com]

It sounds like he's intersex..

[jonaki.livejournal.com]

Interesting for us, probably freaky for the boy.

[caelum.livejournal.com]

I've read about cases where a person would be born with both sets of reproductive organs-- a hermaphrodite. One or both sets might not be fully formed; maybe that's what happened here-- he got some ovaries or something that's throwing his hormones all female.

Poor kid.

[sulingsi.livejournal.com]

hello there...

the correct term these days is indeed 'intersex' (see www.isna.org for details) although in the medical profession, we still refer to a person as a 'true hermaphrodite' if they have parts of both types of sexual organs, i don't think anyone has invented a new term on that one. 'intersex' can cover quite a variety of conditions including 'true hermaphrodites', people who have different internal organs than their external organs, people who have different genitals than the rest of their body (secondary sex characteristics) would suggest, etc.
though this boy's condition (having uterine tissue that apparently works despite having male genitalia - this would mean he probably also has too much estrogen and progesterone floating around) may be rare, being intersex is not very rare. ISNA ought to have the stats.

[below-the-belt.livejournal.com]

thanks for speaking up.

[listenshesings.livejournal.com]

karma!