"I was born a boy but I'm intersex and have both male and female chromosomes"
A woman who was born and raised as a boy — living as a man until the age of 43 — discovered she is actually intersex and has both male and female chromosomes.
Juleigh Mayfield, 49, from Orlando, Florida, says her life has been shaped by a challenging journey with intersex conditions and health complications.
The actress and podcast host says she "presented" as a male at birth, adding: "Even though some of my characteristics were quite minute in size."
But it was only when she was playing football in high school and required a physical examination that a doctor told Juleigh — at the time, Bradford — she had characteristics of both genders.
"My parents and myself and my family were kind of at ends with what was going on," she explains.
Juleigh Mayfield, 49, from Orlando, Florida, says her life has been shaped by a challenging journey with intersex conditions and health complications.
The actress and podcast host says she "presented" as a male at birth, adding: "Even though some of my characteristics were quite minute in size."
But it was only when she was playing football in high school and required a physical examination that a doctor told Juleigh — at the time, Bradford — she had characteristics of both genders.
"My parents and myself and my family were kind of at ends with what was going on," she explains.
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