#klinefelters

[intersex-support]

do you think there's any truth to the idea that ppl with klinefelter syndrome are more quiet, sensitive, shy, bookish etc and less sporty/assertive than endosex cismale peers? or do you think that's stereotyping from ppl who see them as not "fully" male? i've even read an article promoting testosterone therapy specifically to make xxy kids more "assertive" which seems questionable to me cuz what's wrong with being shy and sensitive? also if u have any personal and less clinical resources on klinefelter i would appreciate it! like good memoirs or documentaries or blogs. thank u!

Hi anon!

I have not looked super in-depth into that research, but to me, that feels like probably some bullshit stereotyping and weird biological essentialism on the part of researchers. I don't think testosterone has the connection to assertiveness that people seem to think it has. Honestly, I always feel really skeptical when people doing intersex research start to assign personality traits to different conditions--I just don't think we have the research to prove that hormones actually affect people in that way, and I just feel like there is not any evidence besides anecdotal evidence that shows that those personality traits are linked.

One Klinefelters resource a friend with Klinefelters has reccomended to me is this youtube channel, Living with XXY. (warning, they do use a lot of cissexist language and mostly refer to it as a "male" variation.)

The XXY project also has a lot of personal stories shared from people with all sorts of experiences and is a more trans inclusive website.

This memoir isn't specifically about Klinefelters (The author has AIS), but has still gotten a ton of good reviews and might be worth checking out.

I know quite a few tumblr mutuals with Klinefelters but I don't want to link them without permission, if anyone is comfortable please feel free to reply with your url!

If anyone else has good nonclinical resources about Klinefelters, please let me know!

[gendont]

[xthetransgirl]

Ok so I have been researching Klinefelter's (xxy) which is an intersex condition these are the symptoms and I put X's next each symptom I have, I hope I can speak to someone with it because I would like to know how to get diagnosed with it

[intersex-support]

Hi I have XXY chromosomes/klinefelter syndrome and I was wondering can someone with XXY grow a full natural beard?

Hi, Anon!

So usually, people with XXY/Klinefelter's report being able to grow some facial hair, but a lot of people are not able to grow a full beard without testosterone hormone therapy. The general trend is definitely towards sparse facial hair and difficulties growing facial hair. However, a lot of this can depend on your genetics, what the facial hair patterns of other people in your family look like, and whether or not you have mosaic Klinefelters. From everything I've read, a full natural beard seems more rare, as most people with full beards and XXY/Klinefelter's achieved that through testosterone HRT. But I don't want to say that it's not possible--I think there's always a wide variety of traits, even within a single intersex diagnosis!

[intersex-support]

I never have looked into intersex spaces or anything like that, because I didn't realize I was intersex. I was told since finding out I had klinefelter's (mid 20s) that it was not an intersex condition. I'll be honest I still don't really know. I've been recently looking more into intersex spaces recently. Do you have any resources or info for someone that doesn't really understand intersex issues and ect?

Klinefelters is 100% an intersex variation, it’s pretty accepted throughout intersex organizations and communities as part of our demographic. I recently took a class and Klinefelters was one of the variations that we went into detail about to understand what intersex is so I would say you don’t need to doubt yourself so much here.

We have a lot of resources listed in our links, if that is not accessible to you then please let us know and we can try to give you information in another format, it would also be really useful if you could be a little more specific in what kind of resources you want, like if you are looking for community, articles, informational resources, rights advocacy, etc. There’s a lot out there sometimes it’s just really hard to narrow down what you need and what fits best for you where you’re at!

[intersex-support]

Hi! Do you by any chance know of any active blogs about/for people with Klinefelter syndrome?

Hi anon, if you can't find one on here then we probably cannot as well. I just tried searching it up and didn't see much.

maybe our followers know a blog, or even outside resources. If you want us to do some more digging for Klinefelters outside of tumblr let us know!

[livingwithxxy-blog]

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[warriorsochelp]

What is klinefelter's, and how is it caused? I'm sorry if this seems terribly ignorant!

Klinefelters is a chromosomal disorder where a XY mammal receives an extra X, resulting in XXY. 

The extra X mucks up a lot of the workings of the animal. Causing sterility, weakened immune system, bigger stature, “feminine” appearance in humans, atypical growth of breast tissue, and sometimes mental retardation in people.

It is caused by an extra chromosome being carried over during meiosis of the sperm or egg cells of their parents. Usually they only have one chromosome, but because they didn’t split chromosomes correctly they have two.

So they could, say, get two X’s from mom and a Y from dad, resulting in XXY.

There isn’t a hard-fast trigger for this, but older parents tend to have higher prevalence of chromosomal disorders in their offspring. Due to lower quality eggs and sperm.

Females can also get an extra X, resulting in XXX or X trisomy. It doesn’t effect them nearly as much, and can even be unnoticeable. 

~R