I have been helping an intersex survivor and asked to share their words to this world. I Hope this makes everyone give pause. It is no wonder why the suicide rate is so high. I have felt the same at times: I may seem like a strong person, but in reality, I am fragile deep… Continue reading An Anonymous Message from a Suicidal Intersex Survivor
They told me I had to be a girl. Can you imagine being told you are a girl? Somebody else was in control. At three years old, they told me my body could never pass as a boy. Can you imagine being told your body is wrong at three? Somebody else was in control.… Continue reading Poem: Somebody else was in control
SHAKE IT OFF! You say there are only two genders. Go ahead and deny We exist when We stand in front of you Educating you Teaching you Some ears can not hear! ∇∇ You say there are only two genders. Go ahead and deny We exist when We stand in front of you Educating… Continue reading Poem: SHAKE IT OFF!
Over 50% would have died. I just survived what most would not have. No I do not like this world. It is a cruel and cold place for intersex people and transgender people. Most would not have switched their gender to save their lives. I can't respect that. I just survived what most wouldn't have.… Continue reading Poem: Over 50% would have died.
I have an intersex cousin who was born about ten years after me. They allowed a surgeon to cut off their child's phallus for no good reason. They allowed themselves to be talked into the utterly crazy belief that all there is to be a woman is to be missing a penis. Worse, this surgeon… Continue reading Being rejected by my family because of what I represent when I speak up for my intersex cousin who was mutilated.
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
Today I posted this on my Public Facebook Page: Mx. Anunnaki Ray's Gender/Intersex Activist: The message read: ****Please share this one and help those of us born intersex to change culture.**** I rarely ask for a favor, but PLEASE help this meme to go viral! Nothing is more frustrating than when documentaries educate wrong about… Continue reading Please help us to change the way they talk about us.
One should not say they have to have an open mind, to be a person, friend... That is jacked up. Here are my thoughts when you say you can be my friend because you have an open mind. The Earth was not flat, just because they thought it was at one time. I exist if… Continue reading Poem: My thoughts about your Open Mind
Cary G. Costello, Ph.D. shared this photo recently on social media. They were born intersex, and refer to themselves also as a transgender man. Like me, Cary gave birth to a baby. After much pregnancy loss, I had two babies, and we adopted our youngest. I have been with my husband for twenty-eight years, this… Continue reading “Womb Man” versus “Woman with a Beard”; My thoughts, my story.
I truly do not think most people want to hurt me, especially my friends. However, sometimes the things people say do just that. Since I know few have been educated about people like me, I try to simply explain why that was not an appropriate thing to say. I have to have much patience because… Continue reading Comments that people say that hurt me, as a person born intersex who is reclaiming their true gender.
Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez 