Top fashion model Hanne Gaby Odiele comes out as intersex

A top fashion model has revealed that she is intersex, saying that she hopes speaking out will help break a taboo.

Hanne Gaby Odiele, 29, was born with undescended testicles, which were removed when she was 10 after doctors warned that they could cause cancer.

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But she said the procedures caused her distress and she wanted to speak out in part to discourage other parents from putting their children through perhaps unnecessary surgery.

"It's not that big of a deal being intersex," she said.

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Rhoda Nightingale said:

I don't really know who this is, but good for her!

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