In my broken Thai, I pointed toward the water and looked at the boatman. “Bua?” I asked. "Bua" means lotus in Thai. I tried ...

Noi Liang, an intersex woman who works part-time as a patient advocate at Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora. AP Children whose sexual characteristics don’t neatly align with the norm have ...

Noi Liang was sitting on a couch in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2009 flipping through her old medical records when she noticed an unusual letter in the file. The 32-year-old had just moved abroad. A ...

The most active volunteer is 40-year-old Noi Liang. At birth, Liang appeared to be a normal baby girl. As she grew older, doctors discovered that — because of a rare chromosome condition — she ...

The most active volunteer is 40-year-old Noi Liang. At birth, Liang appeared to be a normal baby girl. As she grew older, doctors discovered that, because of a rare chromosome condition ...

At birth, Noi Liang appeared to be a normal baby girl. As she grew older, doctors discovered that she lacked a uterus, and had internal testes rather than ovaries. When she was a teenager ...

Noi Liang, an intersex woman who works part-time as a patient advocate at Children’s Hospital Colorado, is photographed at the facility on Friday, July 7, 2017. The clinic deploys intersex ...

Noi Liang, an intersex woman who works part-time as a patient advocate at Children's Hospital Colorado, stands for a photo at the medical center in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colo., on Friday ...