My pronouns are exclusively they/them. Please be respectful of this.
This blog is open to hearing any and all experiences relating to hypergonadism! This includes hyperestrogenism, hyperandrogenism, hyperprogesteronemia, and more. People with mesoandrogenism, mesoestrogenism, mesoprogesteronemia, and more are also welcome to submit experiences if they believe they fit the description of hypergonadism. This blog is also a great place to talk about other traits that can be caused by forms of hypergonadism, such as labial hypertrophy, micropenis, gynecomastia, macromastia, clitoromegaly, hirsutism, and more.
More info under cut.
This blog is inspired by @intersexcultureis , @ambiguousgenitalia-culture-is , @agenital-spectrum-culture-is , and more. I would also recommend the blogs @yourfaveisintersex , @v-hypospadias , and @this-is-internoirism for general intersex stuff.
Also, go check out @hypogonadism-culture-is ! Hypogonadism is often considered the inverse of hypergonadism, which is true in a way, but people often have forms of both.
My main blog is @myirlnameiscloud .
I have hyperestrogenism, (As well as other intersex traits. The one I'm most proud of being micropenis.) and it impacted my life pretty severely, and I didn't get to talk about how it was effecting me for a very long time. Which is why I want everyone else with any form/s of hypergonadism to have a space to talk about their experiences.
This blog supports everyone with hypergonadism, no matter what your assigned gender at birth was, (or lack thereof) and no matter whether it is "debatable" on if they count as intersex. Yes, people who were afab with hyperestrogenism and people who were amab with hyperandrogenism are welcome here.
If you believe that people who were afab and/or born with vaginas cannot be transfem, or that people who were amab and/or born with penises cannot be transmasc, please reconsider and avoid this blog. We support ALL transgender, intersex, and other people with variations in sex/gender here.
Please note that I cannot diagnose you on whether or not you are intersex. I can only help as far as I am able to, which includes sharing information related to intersex traits, pointing out what seems like an intersex trait, and affirming you on any intersex traits you already have. Please do not send me pictures or drawings of your genitalia.
Flags for mesoestrogenism and mesoandrogenism based on @isobug's hormonal intersex flags.
Meso = in the middle of, as in between hypo and hyper. I think a "midandro/estrogenism" term was coined before but meso makes more linguistic sense to me ehehe. The general term would be Mesogonadism!
Definition
Intended for intersex people who would have for example, hyperestrogenism by male standards but hypoestrogenism by female standards, depending on what they're interpreted as by doctors. Many variations don't fit into the "more male or more female" scheme that's usually used during diagnoses and discussions by medical professionals.
BUT this can be used by any intersex person who's hormone levels are between typical male and female ranges, or between what's viewed as "normal" or "high" for their assigned sex.
Flag
The format is from the general hyper/hypo-hormonal flags. I put the red for hyper and blue for hypo as the first and last stripes, representing being in between the two. Orange represents androgens, teal estrogens. I recolored the molecule symbol to purple, because its between red & blue and also to keep the meaning of the purple stripes in the originals.
Based on my Mesoandrogenism and Mesoestrogenism flags, which are based on these Hyper/Hypo Hormonal flags (all linked in that post) - colors hold the same meanings.
I gave it three stripes because it worked the best that way, I also like how they flip the theme of the specific flags having three and general ones having four (my specific ones have four, and this three instead).
Definition
This flag is for anyone who has hormones between the typical perisex ranges, including mesoestrogenism and mesoandrogenism, and also standing for people who have both or other hormonal variations that fit this description. Anyone who's hormone levels are viewed as between "normal" and "abnormal" for their imposed sex may use this.
Info
I've looked through more posts to find where I'd first seen this idea! The first mention is here, by @status-quo-hater coining Medandrogenism, as a term for intersex people who reject the idea that their hormone levels are "too high" or "too low". I love rejecting dyadist standards teehee!!
And then there are these flags made for Midandrogenism and Midestrogenism, which i like a lot, mine were just made to match iso-bug's :) I now realise I've given these concepts yet ANOTHER alternate name. I just love when terms have matching greek prefixes ;-; etymology nerd apology
And in case anyone was wondering, both mesoandrogenism and mesoestrogenism describe me !! I am Mesogonadal!!
