Nothing takes away that Kind of Pain or that Kind of Loss You broke my heart Raising me a Girl Why is it my voice was unheard? You broke my soul Telling me I was no good I can still hear you saying I would amount to nothing You needed me the… Continue reading Poem: Nothing takes away that kind of pain, or that kind of loss
INTERSEX HUMAN RIGHTS: H help us get the message out U ugly things are allowed to happen to intersex babies M make a difference today, and share an intersex person's story A anger can make a difference if focused and controlled N no more atrocities R reason with… Continue reading Poem: Human Rights; December 10th, International Human Rights Day
The comic below is borrowed from: Assigned Male Comics "Smashing the gender binary one strip at a time!" By Sophie Labelle Why is this a Human Rights Violation? So called "experts" and doctors can assign an intersex baby's gender by the appearance of the genitals and how they interpret the gender from it. Here is the… Continue reading “It’s too small, let’s make them into a girl!” Yup, this atrocity is still happening today!
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?
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?
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:
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
Stop the Genital Assignment of Gender in Intersex Infants. GENDER is not in our genitals. It is in our brain. GENDER is a social construct. Our genitals are the product of the diversity of nature. There are many variances of genitals. Our genitals do not always follow the "rules of the male/female binary". … Continue reading When will the rest of the world catch up with Malta?
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
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
Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div. 