Tag: Intersex Awareness

Human Rights, Intersex Cosmetic Surgery, Self-Determination, Short Messages

Chile outlawed unnecessary Genital “Normalizing” Surgeries on Intersex Babies! 2nd country to do so since last April 2015, when Malta was the first.

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

A Sad UPDATE to this blog:  We thought Chili had outlawed these surgeries on nonconsenting intersex children. It ends up that something else ended up happening to the creation of this new law that invalidates the original resolution. Quote: On August 23, 2016, the Chilean Ministry of Health issued Circular No. 7, 2016, which invalidated… Continue reading Chile outlawed unnecessary Genital “Normalizing” Surgeries on Intersex Babies! 2nd country to do so since last April 2015, when Malta was the first.

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

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

  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.

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

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.

Short Messages

This is from Word Press: 2015 in review

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,700 times in 2015. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people. Click here to… Continue reading This is from Word Press: 2015 in review

Intersex Awareness, Questions and Answers, Short Messages

Four Things most were never taught in Sex Ed, that Intersex People Know: With Judi Herring, M.D.

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

Four Things most were never taught in Sex Ed, that Intersex People Know:  Gender is a social construct that was created by us humans. Gender cannot be determined by our genitals, reproductive system, hormones.  This means that gender cannot be determined by the size of one's clitoris or penis, the presence of testicles or ovaries,… Continue reading Four Things most were never taught in Sex Ed, that Intersex People Know: With Judi Herring, M.D.

Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Human Rights Violations, Short Messages

“It’s too small, let’s make them into a girl!” Yup, this atrocity is still happening today!

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

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!

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

What are others saying about being intersex? Here is what they have to say:

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

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:

Poems

Poem: Maybe, just maybe, it is time to (Un)know Gender

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

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 Awareness

When I see you cry, when you are taught about us, the INVISIBLE “I”

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

It is huge for me, to break the silence, with Dr. Judi Herring, M.D.,  my speaking partner, and share with you the atrocities faced by intersex people.  Most of us have heard the acronyms,  LGBT, which stand for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender.  My story is about the "I", that is rarely mentioned, and of course… Continue reading When I see you cry, when you are taught about us, the INVISIBLE “I”

Human Rights Violations, Intersex Awareness, Self-Determination

I will try to fix you

Rev. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, M.Div.

I have already achieved what most spiritualist want to achieve and that is realizing we are more than just our physical body. I already have lived celibate, impotent, and with a body so "broken" that I would vanish into the spirit realm.  I did this the first forty-six years of my life. During that time I… Continue reading I will try to fix you