Former golfer Kendra Little revealed her secret last week, discussing her AIS. She was born with appearance of a female but genetic makeup of a male.
Beth Ann NicholsBefore the video went up on Monday, fewer than 10 people knew Kendra Little’s deeply buried secret. In 13 minutes, 38 seconds, Little told the world via YouTube that she had been born with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, or AIS. She has the physical appearance of a female but the genetic makeup of a male.“They’re not texting and saying, ‘Hey, cool video,’ ” said Little. “They’re writing paragraph-long messages that are incredibly thoughtful and compassionate.
She said those days in the doctor’s office were the darkest. Little had to face that she was different. That this was her confusing, complex reality. Every other day of the month, she tried to forget it. Convinced herself it wasn’t real.AIS is a variation of intersex, an umbrella term used for people with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit the typical definitions of male or female. According to Human Rights Watch, one out of every 2,000 people are born intersex.
“Kendra could win any tournament she teed it up in,” said Scott. “She was long, really long. She hit the ball, and it would turn heads kind of long.”David Glenz played golf at Oregon while Kendra’s father was in school. He started teaching Kendra in high school and was ready to get her short irons dialed in on his new launch monitor when she told him she was quitting. He’d clocked her swing speed at 115 mph, after she hadn’t played in three months. That was in February of 2015.
Strangers have sometimes said that Little resembles Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Today she takes it as a compliment because she thinks he’s “majestic and gorgeous.” But a year ago, being compared to a man would have “destroyed” her. Little stopped taking estrogen injections several years ago in part because she didn’t like the way they made her feel or look – soft and lethargic. The idea of pumping something foreign into her body to fall into a certain category didn’t sit well.
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