What happens when they raise a boy, a girl? By Anunnaki Ray I have been watched over by angels, since they took away my right The angels must have known that I would need them every night. For it was then I could hardly breathe. Knowing but not knowing I was being violated, but I… Continue reading Poem: What happens when they raise a boy, a girl?
Author: Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez
Doctors Opposing Circumcision Genital Integrity Policy Statement: So, why are the genitals of intersex infants still being mutilated?
Here is the "Doctors Opposing Circumcision Genital Integrity Policy Statement", below. So, why are the genitals of intersex infants still being destroyed? How can one justify "corrective" surgery, when it takes away fertility, and genital integrity? When an intersex infant is operated on, to assign their gender through surgical "corrective" interventions, they somehow justified… Continue reading Doctors Opposing Circumcision Genital Integrity Policy Statement: So, why are the genitals of intersex infants still being mutilated?
What are others saying about being intersex? Here is what they have to say:
FIVE ARTICLES WRITTEN BY OTHERS 1) Please Read Article: 9 Damaging Lies Doctors Told Me When I Was Growing Up Intersex By Pidgeon Pagonis "You’ve told one lie after another to my family and me since I was three months old. And thanks to you all, I – like millions of other intersex folks –… Continue reading What are others saying about being intersex? Here is what they have to say:
Poem: It Works For Them
You taught me I was unlovable when I appeared a girl to this world. My thoughts filthy, how could I be a gay man? They taught me I was unlovable. "Behave!" they said. * You taught me I was unlovable. My thoughts filthy, how could I want this beard? They taught me I was… Continue reading Poem: It Works For Them
Breaking from the Kingdom of Isolation
This poem was written for Thanksgiving Day, here in the United States, 2015. I write this poem in honor of my gratitude that I survived, when too many are dying. This day I celebrated The Emancipation of my Spirit and my true Gender. Here is my Thanksgiving poem: Breaking from the Kingdom of Isolation! … Continue reading Breaking from the Kingdom of Isolation
Poem: Maybe, just maybe, it is time to (Un)know Gender
My father told me to not tell. That the world would want me to burn in hell. I told you, my friend, you ran and flee. He was right, you hated me! I will forever miss those who could not be, on this path to cherish me. Family so mortified, Devastated that I am now alive.… Continue reading Poem: Maybe, just maybe, it is time to (Un)know Gender
Poem: You are not broken to me….
You are not broken to me.... Loving you for who you are Who you have always been to me I do not care about all those scars This world puts you through hell They convinced you I would leave you if you honored your true self How could I leave you after what they did… Continue reading Poem: You are not broken to me….
Intersex is what it is….
Intersex is what it is, even if our doctors want to call it something else. Parents are not being told their baby is intersex to justify cosmetic genital surgery. Most these surgeries are not medically necessary. When in reality we are born with natural bodily variations. Here is the United Nations' Intersex Fact Sheet, that uses… Continue reading Intersex is what it is….
The Haters
The above picture, of this little girl, went viral. This picture should go down in history. As a parent of three amazing kids, this picture touches me in ways that few might realize. Because now I know how such hate touches the heart of an innocent child. I have seen their tears personally. No… Continue reading The Haters
