Juleigh Amanda Mayfield was born 47XXY. She has an additional chromosome attached to every pair in her chromosomes chart. Neither male nor female, but a configuration of both sexes. She was raised as a male. With a lack of understanding and education regarding her condition Juleigh struggled with autistic traits, cognitive issues, undiagnosed seizures, learning disabilities, social skills and boundaries.
In addition to being XXY, she was diagnosed with Klinefelter’s Syndrome at the age of 17. Doctor’s told Juleigh that it was the same thing, but it is not. Klinefelter’s Syndrome is a disease of the testicle that materializes in XXY males during puberty. XXY occurs during development in utero.
Email: info@justjuleigh.com
“I know I am creating ripples that long term might make a difference. That’s important to me. Nobody said advocacy was easy…But once it finds you, you feel like you need to keep doing it for the people behind you” – Juleigh Mayfield
One of my favorite connections led to Angelique, Myself and Anya discussing relationships, knowing our value and the way we all come from different upbringings and traumas and shared experiences to create a perfect blend and while some may see fractures of colors, If you turn it a little and focus in that the luminous collectives align just like a Kaleidescope!
