Gender Nonconforming, Intersex Awareness, Intersex People, Questions and Answers, Self-Determination, Transgender

Intersex, Intergender, and Altersex. Do Intersex Transexuals Exist?

Before I answer if Intersex Transexuals Exist, let me first educate and give the definitions of Intersex, Endosex, Intergender, and Altersex. What is Intersex? Intersex is general term used for natural bodily variations in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female… Continue reading Intersex, Intergender, and Altersex. Do Intersex Transexuals Exist?

Intersex Activist, Intersex Awareness, Intersex People, Prejudice

Judi Herring, M.D. and I talking to the City Council, about INTERSEX in Jacksonville, Florida, regarding the LGBT Human Rights Ordinance (HRO)

A year ago today, these are the two live videos of what Judi Herring, M.D. and I shared to the City Council, regarding getting the Jacksonville, Florida, LGBT Human Rights Ordinance, back in January of 2016. Sharing again, because this 'LGBT HRO' did not pass.  This was about a year ago today:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDgNF1gqSeg What… Continue reading Judi Herring, M.D. and I talking to the City Council, about INTERSEX in Jacksonville, Florida, regarding the LGBT Human Rights Ordinance (HRO)

Anonymous Messages, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, Intersex Awareness, Short Messages, United Nations

An Anonymous Message From an Intersex Survivor of Non-consensual​ Surgery.

I want people to see what I get to see as an intersex advocate, educator and as a friend.  I received permission to publish this heartbreaking response from a Facebook friend of mine who has survived non-consensual surgery as a child.  It was in response to the meme you see above:   I am trying, it… Continue reading An Anonymous Message From an Intersex Survivor of Non-consensual​ Surgery.

Bridge Building, Celebrations, Emancipation, Freedom, Gender Nonconforming, Human Rights Violations, Intersex Activist, Intersex Awareness, Questions and Answers, Relationships

The two of us, born intersex and named ‘Antoinette’ at our birth.

God-incidence or Serendipity?  Whatever you call it, it felt like a miracle.   I was finally coming to terms with who I was as a human being.  This was after having a lifetime of not feeling real, and being thrown away by many doctors, therapist and psychiatrists, who had tried to 'fix me.' I was an… Continue reading The two of us, born intersex and named ‘Antoinette’ at our birth.

Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Intersex Awareness, Questions and Answers, Transgender, United Nations

The difference between transgender and intersex and the harm that wrong language can bring

Language is very important, and language can do harm. Here is one example to why: The biggest priority most intersex activists/advocates/educators have, like me, is ending genital mutilation in babies born with intersex traits and decreasing our bodies being aborted when detected before birth. This means "Born in the wrong body" transgender theories, can do… Continue reading The difference between transgender and intersex and the harm that wrong language can bring

Civil Rights, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, Intersex Activist, Intersex Awareness, United Nations

My New Year Resolution for 2017

Dear World, With as much sincerity that I can prove to you, In 2017, I will continue my work in trying to change culture, educate this world about gender and intersex, and make intersex awareness.  For 2017, and with the United Nations, I move forward.  I wanted to write a new poem for 2017, but… Continue reading My New Year Resolution for 2017

Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Gender, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, Intersex Awareness, Intersex People, Prejudice, Questions and Answers, Self-Determination, Transgender, United Nations

My thoughts about the Third Gender Box, Gender Neutral or Gender X

I was born with intersex variations, here is my autobiography.   My body does not comply with the rules that would put me into either the biological male box or the biological female box. So at my birth, and during my life, and up until the emancipation of my true sex and gender, I was… Continue reading My thoughts about the Third Gender Box, Gender Neutral or Gender X

Celebrations, Poems

Poem: Today I Celebrate my 2nd Birthday!

  Today I Celebrate my 2nd Birthday!   I sometimes do not know how I survived. But here I am, and I am alive. I have to thank you, my dear friends You told me I would make it and here I am Today Celebrating this very special Birthday! Here I stand I AM TWO… Continue reading Poem: Today I Celebrate my 2nd Birthday!

Human Rights, Intersex Awareness, National Geographic, Science, United Nations

The Letter I wrote National Geographic

Dear Editors of National Geographic, This is a most urgent matter. I hope you can fix this horrendous error as soon as possible. It has been brought to my attention that you are using the wrong definition of intersex in your "GENDER REVOLUTION" article. By calling intersex a "disorder of sexual development" you are promoting… Continue reading The Letter I wrote National Geographic