Years back, we coined the terms CTF & CTM at request of intersex friends. Since then, we have seen those terms take off, which we are so happy about! Now, we wish to coin two new terms - CTN (Close-To-Neutral) and CTA (Close-To-Androgynous.)
(PS - Please read and reblog our intersex guide! It is so important to educate yourself and others about the intersex spectrum and intersex bodies!)
Both of the flags are based on the CTF & CTM flags. Pink is for potential feminine-viewed sex traits, blue is for potential masculine-viewed sex traits, purple is for potential androgynous-viewed sex traits, grey is for potential neutral-viewed sex traits, and white is for the gender spectrum (representing how intersex people can have any gender.) Black represents intersex individuals that have suffered from genital mutilation, reproductive mutilation, or hormone abuse. Yellow is for the intersex community as a whole.
For the CTA flag, the purple circle represents how androgyny is the focus. For the CTN flag, the green circle represents how neutrality is the focus.
CTA/Close-To-Androgynous is a term for an intersex person that was born with mostly androgynous sex traits, rather than "feminine" or "masculine" sex traits being the majority.
They might still have feminine, masculine, or neutral sex traits, however androgynous sex traits take up the majority.
Androgynous sex traits can include the following:
-Having ambiguous genitals.
-Having ovotestes.
-Having a combination of a uterus and prostate, or a uterus and testicles.
-Having a combination of X & Y chromosomes that are higher than typical (XXY, XXYY, etc.)
-Having an equal split of feminine and masculine sex traits.
CTN/Close-To-Neutral is a term for an intersex person that was born with mostly neutral sex traits, rather than "feminine" or "masculine" sex traits being the majority.
They might still have feminine, masculine, or androgynous sex traits, however neutral sex traits take up the majority.
Neutral sex traits can include the following:
-Being on the agenital spectrum.
-Having gonadal agenesis or streak gonads.
-Having cervical hypoplasia or cervical agenesis.
-Having uterine hypoplasia or MRKH Syndrome/WNT4 syndrome.
-Having low levels of sex hormones (hypoestrogenism/hypoandrogenism.)
-Having low responsivity to sex hormones (estrogen insensitivity & androgen insensitivity.)
-Having less than two sex chromosomes (for example, Turner Syndrome.)
