Author: Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

Anunnaki is a survivor, a widower, a parent to three adult children, a musician, and an artist. He proudly received his Master of Divinity from Meadville Lombard Theological School in May 2026. Anunnaki is also a person born intersex whose social activist work and educational work focus on an individual’s right to bodily autonomy and the right to express their true gender. Through personal narrative and education, Anunnaki works to build bridges of understanding so that all people, no matter how they label themselves, may experience the wholeness that is a basic human right in a socially just world. He believes that the self-determination of gender is every human being's human right. His greatest accomplishments so far are receiving Colorado's first intersex birth certificate and then becoming a TEDx Jacksonville Speaker with his talk "Born Intersex: we are human." In it, he shares with the world his intersex story and educates against genital and psychic mutilation.
Cultural Dysphoria, Poems, Prejudice, Relationships, Self-Determination

Poem: Somebody else was in control

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

  They told me I had to be a girl. Can you imagine being told you are a girl? Somebody else was in control.  At three years old, they told me my body could never pass as a boy. Can you imagine being told your body is wrong at three? Somebody else was in control.… Continue reading Poem: Somebody else was in control

Intersex Awareness, Poems

Poem: Dear child, born like me

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

Dear Child, born like me, I saw your blue eyes, yesterday. Your eyes, as deep as the ocean, they touched my soul. I could feel your insecurity, your anxiety, and happiness, to be with a person born like yourself for the first time ever. I think it is in our eyes. People see it in… Continue reading Poem: Dear child, born like me

Civil Rights, Human Rights, Intersex Activist, Intersex Awareness, Intersex Erasure, Relationships, Short Messages

Stop Erasing us.

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

Stop erasing us. MX. ANUNNAKI RAY, GENDER/INTERSEX ACTIVIST·MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2017 It is always interesting to me how some people would rather end a relationship, and sometimes end a long term friendship, than try to find in their hearts room for another type of person or culture. I become raw with it all. It doesn't… Continue reading Stop Erasing us.

Questions and Answers, Short Messages

I am finally writing my life story.

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

Dear followers,  I want to let you know that if you follow this blog, I won't be writing as much here for the time being.   I am finally writing my life story and it will obviously be taking up much of my time now.  A big thank you to those who follow me.  … Continue reading I am finally writing my life story.

Civil Rights, Gender Nonconforming, Intersex Awareness, Questions and Answers, Relationships, Self-Determination

Why when I go to the Emergency Room I mark Both the male and female box.

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

  It is important to understand that for me, being born in the middle as intersex, I need to be medically and socially recognized, as both male and female, to get the proper care I might be needing if I show up at the hospital emergency room, or have to be hospitalized. First of all,… Continue reading Why when I go to the Emergency Room I mark Both the male and female box.

Emancipation, Freedom, Human Rights, Intersex Awareness, Self-Determination

Once assigned female: I am very proud to be a little man now!

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

Sharing my thoughts for today, and something that might surprise you! Lots of guys might have shame being a shorter stature. According to statistics, a man is "short", if they come in under 5'7" in the USA. I am 5'5"! I have absolutely no shame or body dysphoria. I know I am fortunate that way!… Continue reading Once assigned female: I am very proud to be a little man now!

Human Rights, Intersex Awareness, Intersex Erasure, Prejudice, Relationships, Science, United Nations

The male/female binary is a Myth!

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

I am a man, with a few boy parts, that most call girl parts. But that is only because they believe in lies. They are all boy parts if they are my parts because I am a boy.  I might be non-conforming, but they belong to me, and my legal gender is male.  As for… Continue reading The male/female binary is a Myth!

Intersex People, Poems, Prejudice, Questions and Answers, Transgender

Poem: Over 50% would have died.

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

Over 50% would have died. I just survived what most would not have. No I do not like this world. It is a cruel and cold place for intersex people and transgender people. Most would not have switched their gender to save their lives. I can't respect that. I just survived what most wouldn't have.… Continue reading Poem: Over 50% would have died.

Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Hate Crimes, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, Intersex Awareness, Prejudice, Relationships, Self-Determination, United Nations

Being rejected by my family because of what I represent when I speak up for my intersex cousin who was mutilated.

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

I have an intersex cousin who was born about ten years after me. They allowed a surgeon to cut off their child's phallus for no good reason. They allowed themselves to be talked into the utterly crazy belief that all there is to be a woman is to be missing a penis.  Worse, this surgeon… Continue reading Being rejected by my family because of what I represent when I speak up for my intersex cousin who was mutilated.