can you talk about being intersex and cis? how do you know if you're cis or trans when you're intersex? i promise this isn't meant to be rude i'm just a little confused as to how gender works when you're intersex. thank you so much. <3
I’m cis because I’m afab and still identify as a woman. If I was afab and identified any other way, I’d be trans. I’m intersex because my body itself has a mixed bag of secondary sex characteristics and hormones.
The label “intersex” itself isn’t a gender identity as much as it’s a way for people with mixed or ambiguous sex characteristics to define that experience. There are cis men and women who are intersex, trans people of every kind as well. I’m sure there are intersex people who just identify as intersex entirely but most intersex people I’ve met still identify as male, female, or nonbinary. Because your body doesn’t determine your gender identity.
Also, the opposite of intersex is perisex. You can be cis or trans, while being intersex or perisex. If you’re not intersex, you are perisex.
Y’all can reblog this actually
Nobody knows anything about intersex ppl so like. Learn things and educate others so people like me can feel less isolated and alienated by other queer ppl lol
if anyone is confused on how intersex people can be afab/amab- intersex people are usually forced into one of those categories, often through non-consensual surgeries at/around birth
Hey, I know you mean well but also: a good number of the intersex population were not born with ambiguous genitals that were then altered. A lot of intersex people are intersex as a result of adrenal and hormonal “abnormalities”, myself included. My body didn’t start showing intersex traits until puberty, and even then it has nothing to do with my genitals.
There are a LOT of cis people who have no idea they’re actually intersex. There are a lot of cis people who experience intersexism and have no idea that that’s what they’re experiencing. It’s important to recognize intersex people as a hugely diverse group of people and not only people with ambiguous genitalia.
