#sam.queer

[tortiefrancis]

What happened to julietanboy? D:

To be honest I got really tired of the mogai/liom communities. I had a lot of fun making flags and terms and also seeing what others made but the community itself was making me feel tired. I liked the blog and was happy with what I had made but I knew keeping it up was only going to make me feel worse. Plus, I checked and all of my flags and terms have been reblogged at least once so they aren't lost

TL;DR: still like mogai/liom, community makes me tired

[tortiefrancis]

It really fucking sucks being trans in one of the countries (if not the one) that kills the most trans people every year but people are only posting stuff comforting trans people now because of the recent US elections. When we were under a fascist government and being killed at an even higher rate, no one came for us, but when the US is in trouble, then everyone should care. I could keep talking and telling you why this sort of stuff makes me angry now but for the love of God you are not the center of the world.

[tortiefrancis]

I recently learned that you can't legally register a baby without sex or as intersex when they're born. You have to register them as either "male" or "female". Even doctors that are well informed on intersex issues have to tell the parents to "just pick one" because legally there's no other option. I hate this country

(I am not American please don't confuse me with an American)

[tortiefrancis]

People talk about testosterone like it's "the evil hormone" but really I'm just very sweaty and hungry all the time

(this post is abt my hyperandrogenism)

[tortiefrancis]

gente, vocês sabiam q tem uma bandeira intersexo brasileira???

Para Todos Verem: Uma bandeira lilás com três listras horizontais no meio, em verde, amarelo e verde, com um triângulo branco no centro. /End ID

n consegui achar o(s) nome(s) de(s) criadore(s) mas ela é de uso exclusivo no Brasil e foi criada por ativistas intersexo. foda né?

[tortiefrancis]

This is an anecdote but I need y'all to stop telling intersex people to trust doctors about our bodies.

1) I had a genital variation go completely unnoticed by my OBGYN and thus thought I didn't have it because she didn't look at all. This common for people with my variation, it's rare and hard to see, yes, but many people with it report that doctors just. Don't. Look. Just like mine.

2) Same doctor almost refused to get my hormones tested and dismissed my concerns about possibly having high testosterone, but I got them tested anyways. I tested twice, on the same time of month while I was still having periods, so we couldn't see my hormone levels during the rest of the month!

3) Same doctor, now with the results of the hormone test, told me i did not have high testosterone but actually had high progesterone, and didn't bother to investigate nor explain further. I didn't understand, because I had no signs of high progesterone at all. Years later, looking at the test results myself, I really didn't have high testosterone, yes, but I had other hormone levels that could indicate I have NCAH! This doctor didn't ask me for further testing, and since I didn't know, I didn't advocate for myself. Maybe I don't have NCAH, maybe my hormones are weird like that, but she just. Didn't. Bother!

4) Same doctor did not explain to me when I was diagnosed with endometriosis that it could cause hormone problems. I found that out via a rheumatologist, while checking out a whole other issue!

This doctor wasn't any random doctor either. She was my mother's OBGYN, she was the one assisting my mom when she was pregnant with me, she knows about my family history and has known me since before I was born! I went to her because I trusted her to be honest with me and listen to my concerns, but she didn't.

Doctors don't know enough about our bodies, doctors don't care about diagnosing us unless we are visibly intersex, and doctors don't care to explain to us how our bodies work! Because if we don't know, that means we are "normal"!

[tortiefrancis]

I wish someone had told me I just needed to switch deodorants when I was a kid going through weird puberty and growing a lot of hair and sweating a lot because I spent almost 10 years being forced to shave or use deodorant that didn't work when I just needed to use a different kind. But I couldn't use it because it isn't targeted to "girls". This is infuriating oh my GOD

[tortiefrancis]

Recursos intersexo

Para Todos Verem: Duas bandeiras intersexo. A primeira é amarela com um anel roxo no meio. A segunda tem seis listras, em lilás, branco, azul, rosa, branco e lilás. As listras azul e rosa são mais borradas. /Fim de Descrição

Oi pessoal! Resolvi coletar alguns recursos da comunidade intersexo em português e compartilhar aqui, porque sei que nossa comunidade é menor aqui no Brasil, e existe pouca coisa em português sobre nós. Cada recurso é diferente, mas serve pra pessoas que estão questionando ou que já tem certeza que são intersexo, assim como para aliades da causa.

Aviso: Vários links podem conter discussão de abuso médico, mutilação genital, interssexismo, bullying, e mais. Favor ler por sua própria conta e risco.

Organizações

Associação Brasileira de Intersexos - ABRAI

Textos

O que é ser intersexo - ABRAI

O que é intersexo - orientando.org

"E se eu for intersexo?" - Aster, orientando.org

Eu sou intersexo - Amiel, transadvocates Brasil

Cartilha intersexo: versão para a família - Ana Karina Canguçu-Campino e Isabel Maria Sampaio Oliveira Lima

Vídeos

Entenda o que são Pessoas Intersexo e Como Respeitá-las | AzMina - AzMina

O que significa Intersexo? | Intersexo exemplos | Resumo Animado - Amor além da diversidade

BEBÊS INTERSEXO, MUTILAÇÃO GENITAL E ÉTICA MEDICA!!! - Dionne Freitas

Como é ser uma pessoa intersexual? - Buzzfeed Brasil

O que é Intersexo?! Guia Básico #12 - Canal das Bee - Canal das Bee

Intersexo: nem feminino, nem masculino. O que é intersexualidade? - Graças à Deusa

Extra

Bandeira intersexo brasileira