Sogto Ochirov (, born September 1993) is a Russian

intersex Intersex people are those born with any of several sex characteristics, including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binar ...

activist,

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, and

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. He is a Buryat from

Zabaykalsky Krai Zabaykalsky Krai is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the Russian Far East. Its administrative center is Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, the population was ...

. He is known for speaking openly about living with partial androgen insensitivity. He became the subject of a YouTube-documentary by Elena Pogrebizhskaya "Intersex people in Russia".

Biography

Ochirov was born in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. He was

assigned female at birth Sex assignment (also known as gender assignment) is the discernment of an infant's sex, typically made at birth based on an examination of the baby's external genitalia by a healthcare provider such as a midwife, nurse, or physician. In the ...

based on the appearance of his genitals and named Tsyregma. When he was 13 years old, doctors at a school medical examination sent him for additional examinations when they found out that he did not have a period. By the age of 16 in Chita, he was found to have

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, an intersex variation. He was sent to the capital of Russia for further medical support where he had an operation to remove his external male genital organs and was prescribed female hormones. Due to experiencing gender dysphoria, Orichov changed his gender to male at 23 and continues to live as a man. For religious reasons, Ochirov decided to consult with the supreme

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Bair Tsyrendorzhiev in Ulan-Ude about which name to choose. The shaman said Ochirov must be named Sogto. At the age of 24, he learned about the intersex community in Russia and then began to openly talk about his story in order to help other intersex people and find other intersex people in the Zabaykalsky Krai. To people with intersex variations, Sogto says: “Accept yourself for who you are. You can't run from it, you can't hide. Just live happily!"

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