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?
Tag: Disorders of Sexual Development
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
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….
Why do I feel like A VISITING ALIEN?
Do I really have to have more surgery to fit into YOUR WORLD? I use to appear a typical woman Then I use to want to appear a typical man Now I am being compared to transgender men I even made a lousy woman. Where do I fit in? Please do not erase me ♥… Continue reading Why do I feel like A VISITING ALIEN?
Cut IT off: A “Psychosocial Emergency!”
I know the title of this blog is drastic. I did it on purpose. There is no nice way to say it. I will not comply to this being called "corrective surgery", when a baby is not sick, and this destroys fertility and sexual pleasure later in life. But guess what, it happens daily in… Continue reading Cut IT off: A “Psychosocial Emergency!”
All Intersex Bodies are Beautiful, and I do not need fixed to fit your ‘normal’.
After forty-six years, I finally figured out that I was born in the right body! Since my life had been destroyed by this ideal regarding male and female, I have joked that I was born to the wrong planet at times though. I joked that the Mothership had left me here. Yes, my life was… Continue reading All Intersex Bodies are Beautiful, and I do not need fixed to fit your ‘normal’.
