As most of you are aware, since Kamala Harris’s election loss (which trans people were not in charge of nor responsible for), Democratic politicians and pundits have been signaling that they plan to throw trans people under the bus. Sadly, this came to fruition last week, when Republican congressperson Nancy Mace pressed house speaker Mike Johnson to
I wish I could say that the Intersex are going to step up and save the day, but I can't. I can commit that those who come into contact with me, and many others will be encouraged to do so. Biological sex is NOT limited to only 2 - male OR female. That isn't how nature works here on Earth. SEX, not just gender - is ALL/AND and not EITHER/OR. Many ppl have anatomical, hormonal and genetic characteristics belonging to both and neither male OR female. We are very common, but in the 20th century were hidden, shamed, denied and terrorized. In addition we were often genitally mutilated without our informed consent as infants and toddlers. We are not hiding anymore. Consider this: If a person is born with a split scrotum, urethral entrance @ female position, has neither testicles nor ovaries, but does have a 4" erection, and must take adult hormones just to grow up what public bathroom would Florida demand they use? They aren't going to be able to make this whole binary ideology work because mother nature won't play with them. It's time the Intersex stand up and take our rightful place at the table of humanity including our responsibility to represent ourselves and other sex minorities because when you add us all up... we're not a minority afterall.
I wish I could say that the Intersex are going to step up and save the day, but I can't. I can commit that those who come into contact with me, and many others will be encouraged to do so. Biological sex is NOT limited to only 2 - male OR female. That isn't how nature works here on Earth. SEX, not just gender - is ALL/AND and not EITHER/OR. Many ppl have anatomical, hormonal and genetic characteristics belonging to both and neither male OR female. We are very common, but in the 20th century were hidden, shamed, denied and terrorized. In addition we were often genitally mutilated without our informed consent as infants and toddlers. We are not hiding anymore. Consider this: If a person is born with a split scrotum, urethral entrance @ female position, has neither testicles nor ovaries, but does have a 4" erection, and must take adult hormones just to grow up what public bathroom would Florida demand they use? They aren't going to be able to make this whole binary ideology work because mother nature won't play with them. It's time the Intersex stand up and take our rightful place at the table of humanity including our responsibility to represent ourselves and other sex minorities because when you add us all up... we're not a minority afterall.