Intersex: Difference between revisions

'''Intersex''' people are people born with any variation in [[sex]] characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that do not fit the typical definitions of male or female bodies.<ref>[https://unfe.org/system/unfe-65-Intersex_Factsheet_ENGLISH.pdf "Free & Equal Campaign Fact Sheet: Intersex"] (PDF). United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.</ref>

* 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>

* American visual artist and musician [[Florian-Ayala Fauna]] ([[she/her]]<ref name="Fauna_About">{{Cite web |title=About |author=Florian-Ayala Fauna |work=florian-93.com |date= |access-date=14 November 2020 |url= https://www.florian-93.com/about}}</ref>) is an intersex person identifying as [[transfeminine|trans-femme]]<ref name="Fauna_About" />, [[androgyne]], and partially [[woman]].<ref name="Faunatweet">{{cite tweet|user=bloodfawn93|number=963276096430108672|last=Fauna|first=Florian-Ayala|title=Hey I'm Florian - I'm a visual artist, musician, writer, and occult practitioner of a Thelemic/Crowley based nature. #VisibleWomen (woman part is partially true tho, more androgyne and proud to be intersex :3 ) http://florian-93.com https://uncertain.bandcamp.com|date=February 12, 2018}}</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 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==

* [[Dyadic]]

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