Intersex people are supposed to lie low and keep quiet. Not me.
I'm not defective, I'm not disordered, I'm not ashamed. I just don't fit in
your gender boxes.
I'm intersex by birth and honest by choice.
Do not treat me as whatever gender you perceive me to be.
Treat me for who I am and what I do.
Do not tell me I have to pick one or the other So you will feel better about how you think of me.
Do not tell me there are only two options.
Do not tell me my gender was decided by the doctor.
I'm sick of this dichotomous gender bull.
Gender expression can very wildly.
Do not exclude me because I don't fit in your perfect mold.
Do not make an example of me So others will be afraid to show their true selves.
Just because I am not what you expect Does not give you the right to ridicule, beat, rape, and murder me.
I have a right to live and be happy.
A right to be who I am.
by Angel Dobbs-Sciortino
Three recent books about Magnus Hirschfeld
5 weeks ago
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Right on Shauna!! :)Suzi
It was so frustrating trying to convince my doctor that I had a 47XXY condition. Certainly not the very obvious intersex condition you have, Shauna, but something I wanted verified for my own peace of mind.
So far, it hasn't happened. After giving my doctor a list of all of the obvious "markers", his only comment was that a 47XXY would be a psychopath and I did not appear to be that way. At that point, I said to myself, WTF?
I'm still working on it.
I'm glad to see that you don't believe in lying low.
Calie xxx
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