Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Hope, Human Rights Violations, Prejudice, Self-Determination

Doctors, Please Stop Lying to Our Parents. Intersex people are lovable without being fixed. WE ARE HUMAN

  As an intersex person, my story is a testimony that we do not have to be surgically altered to be loved; and yes, although my life was medically extremely difficult in many ways, I found a life partner of over twenty-seven years and we created a beautiful family.  To my family I am not broken.… Continue reading Doctors, Please Stop Lying to Our Parents. Intersex people are lovable without being fixed. WE ARE HUMAN

Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Gender Nonconforming, Intersex Awareness, Prejudice, Questions and Answers, Self-Determination, Transgender, Transphobia

I am an Intersex Person. I never felt like a Cisgender Person and I Relate to Some Transgender Men.

I am a person born with intersex traits, that was assumed to be female, and raised female.  A Cisgender person identifies as the gender they are assigned to at birth.  I do not, nor have I ever felt Cisgender, even when I appeared female.  All the therapy and surgery in the world could never achieve… Continue reading I am an Intersex Person. I never felt like a Cisgender Person and I Relate to Some Transgender Men.

Human Rights Violations, Poems

Poem: Human Rights; December 10th, International Human Rights Day

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

Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Human Rights Violations

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?

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

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:

Celebrations, Countries Who Protect Intersex Children, Human Rights, Self-Determination, Short Messages

When will the rest of the world catch up with Malta?

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?

Hope, Poems, Relationships

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….

Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Human Rights Violations, Intersex Awareness

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….

Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, Intersex Awareness

FAR TOO FEW OF US ARE AWARE OF THE SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FACED BY MILLIONS OF INTERSEX PEOPLE

"FAR TOO FEW OF US ARE AWARE OF THE SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FACED BY MILLIONS OF INTERSEX PEOPLE  Because their bodies don't comply with the typical definition of male or female.  Intersex children and adults are frequently subjected to forced sterilization and other unnecessary and irreversible surgery and suffer discrimination in schools, workplace, and other… Continue reading FAR TOO FEW OF US ARE AWARE OF THE SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FACED BY MILLIONS OF INTERSEX PEOPLE

Poems

Poem: This world will not disgrace us.

This world will not disgrace us Tears go down my face, how could this world disgrace? They say do not fix what is not broken Yet they tried to fix me and they tried to fix you too They said they loved me Tears go down my face, how could this world disgrace? They said… Continue reading Poem: This world will not disgrace us.