{"id":4132,"date":"2025-08-27T11:28:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curiousdrive.com\/?p=4132"},"modified":"2025-09-01T10:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:11:09","slug":"im-an-intersex-woman-here-are-4-facts-you-probably-dont-know-about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/curiousdrive.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/im-an-intersex-woman-here-are-4-facts-you-probably-dont-know-about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m an intersex woman \u2014 here are 4 facts you probably don\u2019t know about me"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jackie wants to educate people on her condition (Picture: Jackie Blankenship\/SWNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘I am female,’ Jackie Blankenship says. ‘That’s the only body<\/a> I know.’<\/p>\n

The mum-of-one, from Michigan, USA, was raised as a girl and identifies as a woman.<\/p>\n

But when she four years old, her parents were given a rare diagnosis: Jackie was actually ‘genetically male’<\/a> with XY chromosomes.<\/p>\n

The now 40-year-old has complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS), defined by the NHS<\/a> as a condition which affects the development of a person’s genitals<\/a> and reproductive organs.<\/p>\n

Those with CAIS will have XY (male) chromosomes \u2014 and may have internal testes \u2014 but their genitals will appear female because their body does not respond to testosterone.<\/p>\n

It took time for Jackie to come to terms with her condition, saying she ‘didn’t really face it’ until she was in her 30s.<\/p>\n

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@mrsjackieblanks<\/a> <\/p>\n

ran 9 miles and for every mile, I shared one fact about my intersex body. Because education shouldn\u2019t come from trauma\u2014but mine did. \ud83d\udc9b Save + share if you learned something new. \ud83c\udf99 More truths on The Unedited Body\u2014link in bio. #Intersex<\/a> #IntersexAwareness<\/a> #CAIS<\/a> #BodilyAutonomy<\/a> #MilesWithMeaning<\/a> #MarathonMom<\/a> #RunningIsHealing<\/a> #TheUneditedBody<\/a> #InformedConsent<\/a> #MedicalTrauma<\/a> #Storytime<\/a> #UnfilteredTruth<\/a> #LGBTQI<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u266c original sound – Jackie | Intersex Advocate<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Now, she’s on a mission to educate people about being intersex, and shares information on her TikTok page, @mrsjackieblanks<\/a>. She even became the first ever intersex Miss America.<\/p>\n

Jackie says: ‘It took age and maturity to talk really candidly. I get comments that I’m hoodwinking my husband or that I’m a man.<\/p>\n

‘People don’t understand it, we are taught so little about how our bodies work. We’re only told black and white of male and female.<\/p>\n

‘For the most part people are very intrigued.’<\/p>\n

With so much misinformation about androgen insensitivity syndrome<\/strong>, here are four surprising facts about the condition.<\/p>\n

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Jackie and her husband Jim, with their daughter Greenleigh (Picture: Jackie Blankenship \/ SWNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Androgen insensitivity syndrome affects the development of a person’s genitals and reproductive organs.<\/p>\n

It is a genetic alteration, passed along the female line.<\/p>\n

People with AIS will have XY (male) chromosomes, but the body doesn’t respond to testosterone either fully, or at all.<\/p>\n

There are two types of androgen insensitivity syndrome.<\/p>\n