I Found Out I Was Intersex At 14 | BORN DIFFERENT

SUBSCRIBE to Truly: JOYCE grew up thinking she was just like any other girl - but at the age of 14 doctors discovered she was actually an intersex person. After years of wondering why she was so tall, Joyce’s mum, Karin, had taken her for tests when it was discovered that she had XY chromosomes - making her genetically male - and an ultrasound confirmed that Joyce had no female reproductive organs. Because her body was insensitive to testosterone, she had developed outwardly female characteristics - a condition known as androgen insensitivity syndrome. At the time, Joyce admits the news was “a shock“ to her and her family, as they had “never heard of intersex before.“ She remembers how she “immediately started crying“ and it took a long time to come to terms with the idea that she would never be able to have children that would be biologically hers. And as Joyce’s friends explored dating and relationships, she avoided boys - finding it “re