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Top fashion model, Hanne Gaby Odiele has revealed she is intersex in the hope of opening up a dialogue about the condition and stopping “unconsented and unnecessary and irreversible surgeries” on intersex people while they are children. Intersex people are born with a mixture of male and female sex characteristics. According to the United Nations, the condition affects up to 1.7% of the world's population. Hanne was born with undescended testes which she had removed at the age of 10 after doctors warned they could cause cancer. Speaking to 5 live’s Phil Williams she said “too often [doctors] use the scare of cancer as a way of operating.” “But I feel too often [surgeries are] done out of fear for non-binary bodies and they’re more harmful and traumatising than can be good.” This clip is originally from the Phil Williams programme on Tuesday 24 January 2017. Photo courtesy of of Women Management / Matte Projects.