"I was born a boy but I'm intersex and have both male and female chromosomes"
A woman who was born and raised as a boy — living as a man until the age of 43 — discovered she is actually intersex and has both male and female chromosomes. Juleigh Mayfield, 49, from Orlando, Florida, says her life has been shaped by a challenging journey with intersex conditions and health complications. The actress and podcast host says she "presented" as a male at birth, adding: "Even though some of my characteristics were quite minute in size." But it was only when she was playing football in high school and required a physical examination that a doctor told Juleigh — at the time, Bradford — she had characteristics of both genders. "My parents and myself and my family were kind of at ends with what was going on," she explains.
