A five-year-old child who was born a boy will undergo intersex surgery after the Family Court agreed to a request by the parents to remove the child's gonads.
The child known as Carla, was thought to be female when she was born, because she had ambiguous genitalia, The Australian reports.
But when her mother noticed swelling around the vulva, she underwent tests and it was revealed she had male and not female reproductive organs.
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