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'''Intersexed individuals of a species, especially humans.'''
'''Intersexed individuals of a species, especially humans.'''
*[[Emma Bull]] . ''Bonedance''
* [[Isaac Asimov]], . [[Foundation and Earth]] (1986) [a hermaphroditic variety of humans; one joins the protagonists]
* [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]. [[Bel Thorne]] - Betan hermaphrodite
* [[Emma Bull]]. ''[[Bone Dance]]''
* [[Katharine Burdekin]]. ''[[Proud Man]'' (1934; 1993) (A human from the future visits 1930s England; humans in the future have evolved "beyond" humanity, and beyond humanity's bi-sexed nature; each individual can reproduce on their own, and is whole, containing both male and female attributes. This human contemplates with amazement the various social oddities of modern English society.)
* [[William Carlson]]. "Dinner at Helen's" in [[Strange Bedfellows]], edited by [[Thomas N. Scortia]] (1972)
* [[William Carlson]]. "Dinner at Helen's" in [[Strange Bedfellows]], edited by [[Thomas N. Scortia]] (1972)
* [[Raphael Carter]]. "Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation" in ''Starlight 2,'' edited by [[Patrick Nielsen Hayden]]
* [[Ellen Cooney]]. ''The Silver Rose'' (1979) (reminiscent of ancient greek theory: a deity's hermaphroditic child is split into two oppositely gendered beings until they re-unite)
* [[Ellen Cooney]]. ''The Silver Rose'' (1979) (reminiscent of ancient greek theory: a deity's hermaphroditic child is split into two oppositely gendered beings until they re-unite)
* [[Samuel R. Delany]]. ''The Einstein Intersection'' (1967) (hermaphroditic side characters)
* [[Samuel R. Delany]]. ''The Einstein Intersection'' (1967) (hermaphroditic side characters)
* [[R. M. Koster]],  ''[[Mandragon]]'' (1979) (hermaphroditic child raised as monster; then discovers or is discovered by powers)
* [[Donna McMahon]]. ''[[Dance of Knives]]'' (2002) (minor character is hermaphroditic; apparently mutagens have caused hermaphroditism to be not uncommon)
* [[Isaac Asimov]], . [[Foundation and Earth]] (1986) [a hermaphroditic variety of humans; one joins the protagonists]
* [[Katharine Burdekin]], . ''[[Proud Man]'' (1934; 1993) (A human from the future visits 1930s England; humans in the future have evolved "beyond" humanity, and beyond humanity's bi-sexed nature; each individual can reproduce on their own, and is whole, containing both male and female attributes. This human contemplates with amazement the various social oddities of modern English society.)
* [[L. Timmel Duchamp]], . "Motherhood, Etc." (1993)
* [[L. Timmel Duchamp]], . "Motherhood, Etc." (1993)
* [[Camarin Grae]]. ''Stranded'' (1991, Naiad) (3 women from a hermaphroditic species are sent as "disembodied minds" to Earth to stop a villain. They end up identifying as lesbians and fighting a fundamentalist movement led by the villain.)
* [[Camarin Grae]]. ''Stranded'' (1991, Naiad) (3 women from a hermaphroditic species are sent as "disembodied minds" to Earth to stop a villain. They end up identifying as lesbians and fighting a fundamentalist movement led by the villain.)
* [[Graham Joyce]], and [[Peter F. Hamilton]]. "[[Eat Reecebread]]" (1994)
* [[Graham Joyce]], and [[Peter F. Hamilton]]. "[[Eat Reecebread]]" (1994)
* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s ''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' is a type of hermaphroditism: male and female gender in potential
* [[R. M. Koster]]''[[Mandragon]]'' (1979) (hermaphroditic child raised as monster; then discovers or is discovered by powers)
* [[Stephen Leigh]]. ''Dark Water's Embrace'' (1998) and Speaking Stones (1999)
* [[Stephen Leigh]]. ''Dark Water's Embrace'' (1998) and ''Speaking Stones'' (1999)
*  [[Melissa Scott]]. ''Shadow Man'' (1995) (space travel creates five common genders)
* [[Elizabeth A. Lynn]] [[The Man Who Was Pregnant]]
 
* [[Donna McMahon]]. ''[[Dance of Knives]]'' (2002) (minor character is hermaphroditic; apparently mutagens have caused hermaphroditism to be not uncommon)
*  [[Melissa Scott]]. ''[[Shadow Man]]'' (1995) (space travel creates five common genders)


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 12:56, 5 June 2007

Intersexed individuals of a species, especially humans.

See also