Los menores con ambigüedad sexual en Colombia: una realidad que no se debe desconocer

Abstract

Hermaphrodite, a word of eleven letters and five syllables that transports to the mind, almost immediately, the class of Biology of the school where they explained that this term refers to those living beings that have sexual characteristics of the male and female gender at the same time . Thinking about animals is usual, but thinking about human beings...? This degree work opens the doors of the mind and investigates a little known issue, but of great social and legal relevance: the configuration of the fundamental rights of minors with sexual ambiguity, intersex or hermaphrodite. Issues such as the completion of the "sex" box in the Birth Registry, surgical intervention for the purpose of normalization or reassignment of sex, the consent required to perform invasive and irreversible treatments, among others, are the main pillars that direct the course of this writing. In addition to the above, invites the reader to learn more about this minority and to be aware of the various problems that arise as a result of their condition, in order not only to inform, but also to sensitize the thinking of society.