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.
Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Human Rights Violations, Intersex Awareness, Intersex Traits, Poems, Self-Determination, Transgender

My Poem: THE Female PENIS

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

  THE Female PENIS If you got one, you are told the rules. No make-up, no pink. This world will make you think You can't even act in certain ways or play in certain ways  your world becomes blue All these gender roles taught to us Due to two small boxes Male and Female But… Continue reading My Poem: THE Female PENIS

Celebrations, Questions and Answers

The Creation of My Seahorse, and what he means to me.

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

Here is my Seahorse Dude, that represents me.  I created him December, 30th, 2015.  It was my first time experimenting with digital art.  I published him for the first time March, 5th, 2016.  As you can read in more detail, in the "About Me" section of my website, I was born with many medical issues.… Continue reading The Creation of My Seahorse, and what he means to me.

Civil Rights, Emancipation, Human Rights, Intersex Activist, Poems, Prejudice, Self-Determination, Short Messages

Poem: I AM A MAN

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

I see the pictures of the past "I AM A MAN!"  These pictures blast What is the difference? There isn't one No Civil Rights for me.... It has just begun.   By Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez March 4, 2016 Dedicated to any man who might understand. Billy Porter updated his Facebook cover with this photo… Continue reading Poem: I AM A MAN

Culture Dysphoria, Human Rights Violations, Prejudice, Questions and Answers, Relationships

Why I said ‘no’ to Dr. Phil.

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

What a Ride! I watched a November 2015 Dr. Phil show episode entitled, Mama's Little Boy or Daddy's Little Girl: Identity Confusion or Brainwashing?. The reason I’m giving that show space in my blog is to illustrate the way NOT to advocate for intersex human rights, and I almost got coerced into it.   The show’s… Continue reading Why I said ‘no’ to Dr. Phil.

Human Rights, Intersex Awareness, Questions and Answers, Self-Determination

The Difference Between my Biological Sex and My Gender.

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

Many people get Biological Sex and Gender mixed up.  So I am writing this in hopes of making this make better sense to people. Our Society Teaches us that all people are born with either the male sex or the female sex. That is wrong. The TRUTH is that, naturally, people are born with a wide variety… Continue reading The Difference Between my Biological Sex and My Gender.

Intersex Awareness, Intersex Traits, Questions and Answers

Women with Beards.

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

Pictures of women in history who grew out their beards:    Grace Gilbert - The Redheaded Bearded Lady This is Jusepe de Ribera's 1631 painting, "The Bearded Woman." “Womb Man” versus “Woman with a Beard”; My thoughts, my story. So why are some women able to grow beards?  There are a few reasons to why… Continue reading Women with Beards.

Poems, Relationships, Self-Determination

Poem: Dear Dad, Invisible is no way to live.

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

Dear Dad, INVISIBLE Is no way to live I was your little boy, that could never be seen The doctors told you I was born a girl You and mom believed them My brother stole the show from me He was your son I was the broken one They taught me that I could not be… Continue reading Poem: Dear Dad, Invisible is no way to live.

Culture Dysphoria, Human Rights, Poems

Poem: Our Lives Matter LGBTQIA+

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

OUR LIVES MATTER LGBTQIA+ I can not believe it It's happened again   One more life taken,  And they say we are the sinners   I can not believe it The news never ends One more life taken, And they say we commit the sin The front lines of this war Breaks one's heart  … Continue reading Poem: Our Lives Matter LGBTQIA+

Culture Dysphoria, Hope, Human Rights, Poems, Self-Determination

My Plea to this Earth, my Poem: I Have a DREAM

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

I have a Dream  I have a DREAM That TOGETHER this world will CHANGE. That CULTURE can SHIFT and rearrange. The MEN can have EGGS, and WOMEN can have SPERM. That the world will not end if this BINARY MYTH is BURNED. That the intersex genitals of babies will no longer be SURGICALLY ERASED. And XX Men… Continue reading My Plea to this Earth, my Poem: I Have a DREAM