genitalia

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These criticisms often miss the fact that the hat was never supposed to represent human genitalia in the first place—it was supposed to look like a cat.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2026

Some are assigned female or male at birth depending on their external genitalia.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

“Ahead of Stormy Daniels’s testimony today in former President Trump’s criminal hush-money trial, one of the prosecutors told Judge Juan Merchan that Daniels will not describe Trump’s genitalia because it would violate the gag order.”

From New York Times • May 8, 2024

The measure, which was signed into law on Tuesday by Governor Kathy Hochul, aims to bring awareness to people born with genitalia, chromosomes or reproductive organs that don’t fit typical definitions of male or female.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

When babies with ambiguous genitalia were born at the hospital, Dr. Luce was called in to discuss the matter with the bewildered parents.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides