Anunnaki Ray's Photographic Stories, Human Rights Violations, Intersex Awareness, Prejudice, Self-Determination, Short Messages

WE ARE HUMAN

Can you see past the label?   THE POWER OF ERASING ALL THE UGLY NAMES I HAVE BEEN CALLED WAS  SIMPLY AMAZING!  I am FREE NOW! All my life, I have been called all these horrible names and more.  I personally wrote each and every one of these words on that chalkboard, as an exercise… Continue reading WE ARE HUMAN

Human Rights Violations

Human Rights Violations to Intersex People has to Stop

“No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” Martin Luther King Jr. The United Nations Intersex Fact Sheet Holistic informed consent for parents and children with Intersex and DSD conditions in Psychology & Sexuality Malta Adopts Ground-breaking Trans and… Continue reading Human Rights Violations to Intersex People has to Stop

Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Human Rights Violations

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!”

Human Rights Violations, Self-Determination

My Body is Not Abnormal. Please Don’t Call Me Broken.

I believe that people with intersex traits are a natural occurring variance in nature. Very few conditions of intersex cause disease and need medical attention.  Being born with intersex traits is truly no different than being born with red hair, or green eyes.  It is simply unique and rare. Abnormal is used in describing a… Continue reading My Body is Not Abnormal. Please Don’t Call Me Broken.

Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Human Rights Violations, Self-Determination

The United Nations Says: Stop the Torture

Unless the infant's life is in danger, it is time to stop 'normalizing' surgeries on people with intersex conditions.  Lives have simply been destroyed.  Too many medical errors are being made. UN Condemns “Normalization” Surgery for Intersexuality "The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT) just released a statement condemning the medical profession’s nonconsensual treatment… Continue reading The United Nations Says: Stop the Torture

Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Human Rights Violations, Self-Determination

Intersex Children: Waiting to Decide on Sex Surgery

This documentary, from ABC news, is about a person born with both male and female genitals and their meeting with the surgeon who operated on him as a baby. This surgeon sadly shows little regret for the error made in assigning gender wrong.  Children born with both genitals used to be called hermaphrodites, now they're… Continue reading Intersex Children: Waiting to Decide on Sex Surgery