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Because of dyadism, doctors think of intersex conditions as an irregularity. As a result, intersex people were given so-called "normalizing" or "corrective" surgeries, often at a very young age, and without their consent. | Because of dyadism, doctors think of intersex conditions as an irregularity. As a result, intersex people were given so-called "normalizing" or "corrective" surgeries, often at a very young age, and without their consent. | ||
==Notable people== | |||
[[File:Seven Graham.jpg|thumb|[[Seven Graham]].]] | |||
Some notable people who were born intersex and define their gender outside the Western [[gender binary]] include: | |||
* Canadian writer and filmmaker [[Alec Butler]] (b. 1959) says they/he<ref name="bbc2016">{{Cite web |title=At 12 I grew a beard and had a period |author=Butler, Alec |work=BBC News |date=22 April 2016 |access-date=14 June 2020 |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36092431}}</ref> is [[two-spirit]], intersex, and nonbinary.<ref name="Helkio">{{Cite web |title=Alec Butler's “Rough Paradise” – Living Life Shamelessly |last=Helkio |first=Raymond |work=theBUZZ |date= |access-date=14 June 2020 |url= https://thebuzzmag.ca/2017/01/alec-butlers-rough-paradise-living-life-shamelessly/}}</ref> | |||
* Salvadoran-American filmmaker, actor, model [[River Gallo]] says they<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/rivergallo/ Instagram bio]</ref><ref>https://www.rivergallo.com/about</ref> are [[genderqueer]]<ref name="mtv._Meet">{{Cite web |title=Meet River Gallo, The GLAAD Award-Winning Trailblazer Fusing Activism And Art |work=MTV News |date=28 March 2019 |access-date=29 March 2020 |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/3118699/river-gallo-interview-ponyboi-glaad-awards-grant-2019/}}</ref> and [[genderfluid]].<ref name="salty">{{Cite web |title=What I Learned Being Out as Intersex on Dating Apps |author=Gallo, River |work=Salty |date=21 February 2019 |access-date=1 May 2020 |url= https://www.saltyworld.net/what-i-learned-by-coming-out-as-intersex-on-hookup-apps/}}</ref> | |||
* British comedian, counsellor, and playwright [[Seven Graham]] (b. 1969) is [[transmasc]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/angelsareintersex/ Instagram bio] as of 25 August 2020</ref> and [[nonbinary]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=AddictionExpert|author=Graham, Seven|number=1172570846293921792|title=@GrenvilleAndrew @marumatchboxuk @marumatchbox I’m a part of | |||
@bbcglobalminds and ? some questionnaires let me specify 3rd gender - #intersex #nonbinary. Others just give ‘prefer not to say’ #annoying! Also ?s your deal with @BBC. @BBCNews Some surveys just harvest unrelated data|date=13 September 2019}}</ref> | |||
* [[Hans Lindahl]], Communications Director at interAct, an intersex advocacy group,<ref name="Karabaic">{{Cite web |title=The Cost of Being Intersex ft. Hans Lindahl |author=Karabaic, Lillian |work=Oh My Dollar! |date=10 July 2019 |access-date=1 May 2020 |url= https://www.ohmydollar.com/2019/07/10/the-cost-of-being-intersex-ft-hans-lindahl/}}</ref> is trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=hiHelloHans|number=1143204820318162944|title=Just realized that of LGBTQIA, I am 5/7: | |||
-Bi | |||
-Trans (umbrella: nonbinary/genderqueer) | |||
-Queer | |||
-Intersex | |||
-Asexual (umbrella: demi) | |||
can my prize be being left alone|date=June 24, 2019}}</ref> | |||
* Indian activist [[Gopi Shankar Madurai]] (b. 1991), founder of Srishti Madurai, a student collective for gender and sexual minorities.<ref name="APCOM">{{Cite web |title=Breaking the Intersex Silence in South Asia: An interview with Gopi Shankar |author= |work=APCOM |date= |access-date=10 August 2020 |url= https://www.apcom.org/breaking-the-intersex-silence-in-south-asia-an-interview-with-gopi-shankar/}}</ref> says [[English neutral pronouns#Ze|ze]]<ref name="Pareek">{{Cite web |title=At 19, Ze Came out of the Closet. Today, Ze Is Helping the LGBTQIA Community Live with Dignity. |last=Pareek |first=Shreya |work=The Better India |date=27 November 2015 |access-date=10 August 2020 |url= https://www.thebetterindia.com/39178/gopi-shankar-lgbtqia-rights-srishti-madurai/}}</ref> is [[nonbinary]] and [[genderqueer]].<ref name="Nair">{{Cite web |title=Start with education system for change, says intersex activist |trans-title= |last=Nair |first=Shalini |work=The Indian Express |date=6 June 2019 |access-date=10 August 2020 |url= https://indianexpress.com/article/india/start-with-education-system-for-change-says-intersex-activist-5767432/ |language=English}}</ref> | |||
* New Zealander [[Mani Bruce Mitchell]] (b. 1953), founder of the Intersex Trust Aotearoa New Zealand (ITANZ), describes themself<ref name="ilga-bio">{{Cite web |title=Mani Bruce Mitchell |author= |work=ILGA |date= |access-date=1 May 2020 |url= https://ilga.org/mani-bruce-mitchell}}</ref> as intersex and nonbinary.<ref name="ilga-meets">{{Cite web |title=ILGA meets… Mani Bruce Mitchell, intersex human rights defender |author=Paletta, Daniele |work=ILGA |date=26 October 2018 |access-date=1 May 2020 |url= https://ilga.org/ilga-meets-mani-bruce-mitchell-intersex-human-rights-defender|quote=my sense of self consolidated, very early on, though we had no words back then I saw myself as non-binary, as queer, as intersex.}}</ref> | |||
* American activist [[Jim Sinclair]] (b. 1940), one of the founders of Autism Network International (ANI)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web| url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5488463| title = Autism Movement Seeks Acceptance, Not Cures| last = Shapiro| first = Joseph| date = 26 June 2006| work = NPR| access-date = 29 February 2016}}</ref>, is intersex and was subjected as a child to [[conversion therapy]] in attempts to make them conform to their [[assigned gender]]. In 1997 Jim wrote that they were "proudly [[neuter]], both physically and socially."<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207013228/http:/web.syr.edu:80/~jisincla/brief_bio.htm|url=http://web.syr.edu/~jisincla/brief_bio.htm|archive-date=7 February 2009|title=Self-introduction to the Intersex Society of North America|last=Sinclair|first=Jim|date=1997}}</ref> | |||
* Latinx American writer [[Hida Viloria]] (b. 1968), author of ''Born Both: An Intersex Life,'' says s/he<ref name="Pham">{{Cite web |title=Intersex Activist and Writer Hida Viloria on Being 'Born Both' |last=Pham |first=Larissa |work=Rolling Stone |date=20 March 2017 |access-date=26 April 2020 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/intersex-activist-and-writer-hida-viloria-on-being-born-both-123818/}}</ref> is [[genderfluid]].<ref name="Viloria2017">{{Cite web |title=If You Claim To Be Sex Positive, Then You Need To Be Intersex Positive |last=Viloria |first=Hida |work=HuffPost |date=7 April 2017 |access-date=25 April 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sex-positive-intersex-positive_b_58e6d8d7e4b0acd784ca56cd |quote=As I write about in my memoir Born Both: An Intersex Life, I’m intersex and gender-fluid (meaning my gender identity and expression changes) }}</ref> | |||
* American writer [[Gigi Raven Wilbur]] (b. 1955), one of the creators of Celebrate Bisexuality Day, says s/he<ref name="Funk">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Gigi Raven Wilbur |author=Mason Funk |work=OUTWORDS |date=1 June 2017 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://theoutwordsarchive.org/subjectdetail/gigi-raven-wilbur}}</ref><ref name="2015bio">[http://web.archive.org/web/20150402134257/http://myravenslair.com/gigi.html Website bio], archived 2 April 2015</ref><ref name="newbio">[https://www.ravenslairleather.com/gigibio Current website bio]</ref><ref name="Wang">{{Cite web |title=Gigi Raven Wilbur: Advice on Bisexuality and Intersexism |author=Alexandra Wang |work=interviews |date=4 August 2018 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://howcanibeofservice.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/gigi-raven-wilbur-advice-on-bisexuality-and-intersexism/}}</ref> is intersex and underwent nonconsensual surgery and masculinizing [[Hormone therapy|hormone]] treatments as a child. Some of the words Gigi has used to identify are "hermaphrodite", "[[third gender]]", and "[[ladyboy]]".<ref name="Scott-Dixon2006">{{cite book|last=Scott-Dixon|first=Krista|title=Trans/forming Feminisms: Trans/feminist Voices Speak Out|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4bPqAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA65|year=2006|publisher=Canadian Scholars' Press|isbn=9781894549615|pages=65–71}}</ref> | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Dyadic]] | * [[Dyadic]] | ||