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  • Stanisława Walasiewicz: The Curious Story of Stella Walsh

    05/13/2024 11:55:30 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 8 replies
    Britanicca ^ | none given | Britanicca
    In 1980 in Cleveland, Walsh was fatally shot in the cross fire of an attempted robbery. The subsequent autopsy revealed that Walsh had a chromosomal disorder known as mosaicism that left her with sexually ambiguous genitalia. Despite the gender confusion caused by the disorder, Walsh had lived her entire life as a woman.
  • Sperm Donor Seen as Source of Disease in 5 Children

    05/19/2006 6:51:12 PM PDT · by neverdem · 4 replies · 440+ views
    NY Times ^ | May 19, 2006 | DENISE GRADY
    A sperm donor in Michigan passed a rare and serious genetic disease to five children born to four couples, doctors are reporting today. The doctor who discovered the cases said that all four couples were clients of the same sperm bank. That bank, the doctor added, assured him that it had discarded its remaining samples from the man and had told him he could no longer be a donor. It is not known how many children the donor had fathered, whether he knew he carried the disease before he donated sperm, or whether the bank had informed him of his...