Intersex Discussion

What is Intersexuality? The term "intersexuality" comprises a large number of medical conditions that involve congenital abnormalities of the reproductive system. (1) People with an intersex condition are born with chromosomes, external genitalia, internal reproductive organs, and/or an endocrine system which do not match either male or female norms. Environmental factors, genetic factors and developmental factors all play a role in intersex conditions, but the causes and presentations of each condition vary widely. How common are intersex conditions? Estimates of intersex condition incidence range from 1 in 100 (2) to 2 in 10,000 (3) depending on the precise …

Intersex Resources: Links to Online Resource Sites Intersex Society of North America Organization Intersex International Intersex in Australia The U.K. Intersex Association Bodies Like Ours Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group (AISSG) AIS Support Group Australia, Inc. Klinefelter Syndrome Support Group Turner's Syndrome XY Turners Genetic Mosaic Support Group Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser Syndrome The Hypospadias and Epispadias Association (HEA) This list is compiled for those seeking more information and online resources regarding intersexuality. Please add other resources by replying to this discussion thread.

;) Hi there again Everyone I got A good Thing I Wanted to post here for the longest time and it is actually quite simple and Educational This lasyt few Weeks with hurricane bashing Fla and the lower half of USA I Was A nervous Wreck COURT ETC..... I had so many things going on at all the same time !! amazing and Stressfull too I found out that If you truly are positive minded and Can not let things get to you that the obstacles we Face everyday What ever they are These are really lessons !!!!I had to finally go infront of A Judge and Go GET SOME BUSINESS SQUARED AWAY THAT I WAS PROCRASTINATINATING ON So i…

Contrary to belief There is alot more to life than a group of misled aggrivated individuals who strted A orginization based on Their Opinions and not My opinion ... Let's face it if you breathe and can put on your panties or underwear then what is there to whine About ? #2 Complaining about choromosomes !!! Blaa Blaaa Blaa dont whine just Drink it ... DNA well !!! Guess What !!!! it is Life Again Life has to be something ......... Wow Look it is special !!!! Lets celebrate A toast to DNA it is not as bad as many people think ... If you seek Sadness and Problems then You shall Wallow in Them ( THESE Things I will call Negative..)…

I brougth my sis-in-law back stateside /w my wife & I: then quickly found out about her having CAH (non salt wasting). She is a high function Austism (sp), very shy, & a littly clingy. But, she tends to want to skeep /w her blue feeldoe & wear her share-sx during the day; even though she is "well endouded" enougth to urinate as a male due to her partly fused inner labia. Should my wife & I try to encourge her to 'act' female at leat some of the time, or just leave her be?

I love this video (part 1 of 3) by Pidgeon and the t-shirt, "too cute to be binary" (so true).

Transgender support groups in the United States have been updated. These are listed at http://www.tgguide.com/information.htm Please help us keep this list as current as possible by letting us know if you're aware of others that are not listed or group listings that need to be corrected. Additions or corrections can be submitted by e-mail to webmaster@tgguide.com You may feel free to post support groups outside the United States on this message board. We will most likely use that information to add support groups from other countries when we reach that stage of site development. INTERSEX SUPPORT GROUPS ARE ESPECIALLY WELCOME!

Intersex surgeries spark move away from drastic treatment Apr 17, 1:18 AM (ET) By LINDSEY TANNER CHICAGO (AP) — She was born to a young Chicago couple, named Jennifer, and grew into a beautiful long-lashed child with wavy dark hair, big brown eyes and a yearning, youthful desire to be just like all the other girls. Only she wasn't. Doctors first noticed her slightly enlarged genitals, and then discovered she had testes inside her abdomen and male chromosomes. And so began a series of surgeries to make things "right." http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150417/us--med--intersex_children-696841353c.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/01/23/model-hanne-gaby-odiele-reveals-she-intersex/96622908/

Hi there! As the title reads. I'm just trying to get to know what it is like to be in your shoes .. what makes you happy, unhappy, what annoyes you, etc.. I'm an ally lesbian cisgender friend here.. So , if you care to share,and have a 'nice/complicated/relaxed, whatever your mood is like chat'.. please write here.. either from an intersex perspective or just from your everyday life view, etc... Let me start.. hummm; "what makes me happy?"... lately;.... I'd say food!! Lolololo... life is tough, and I have food to hug me, what can I say!.. maybe you've been there... "What makes me annoyed ?"..hummm.. I guess the feeling that I will always look for someone tha…

I ran across this site today. The revised Harry Benjamin Standards are saying that one is not transsexual but rather intersexed. I was wondering what others thought of this. To me, it makes perfect sense Billie Jo http://www.harrybenjaminsyndrome-info.org/soc.html

on these grounds: 1. insufficient evidence that atypical genitalia leads to psychosocial distress 2. the surgery can cause severe and irreversible physical harm and emotional distress 3. they violate an individual's right to personal autonomy over their own future http://oii-usa.org/4325/former-surgeon-generals-call-for-mor-unnec-intersex-infant-surgeries/

I've been a healthy male as far as I could tell for the last 21 years. However as of late, especailly do to commentary by one of my girlfriends i've kind of questioned if I was really born a normal baby boy. *warning, next part is a wee bit descriptive and blunt* As a treat to my girlfriend, I did the whole "porn start cut" on my penis and scrotum. While she loved it, she noted that I had a pretty wierd scar along my scrotum leading down pretty far toward my anus. She even noted it felt there were scar tissue from stiches. Now at the time it wasn't that much of a concern, since I was otherwise pre-occupied. However after the incident I began to examine what she…

I was doing dishes this morning and thinking about various recent conversations and posts on the Internet when something hit me like a ton of bricks! I am in my mid-50s and grew up with a very strong female gender identity and (seemingly) pretty normal male genitalia. The only oddity was that, at puberty, I had both some male and some female development. Because my self identification was strongly female and I hated the “male parts”, I started self-medicating very early (about 14 years old) and tried to swamp any masculinization with estrogen. I lived a dual life for many years (female and androgynous). I had genital surgery at age 24 and took to my new life like a fis…

Hey, this IS NEWS . CNN news reports that Germany will allow a Third Birth marker on Birth papers ! Just in from CNN News sources : I bet a close friend of mine who is Intersexed and Austrian Born is probably THRILLED to see this . She has suffered a lifetime of abuse and I was so sorry to see her have to leave the states as her Visa had run out . She knew she could never go back to Germany . Her father was an SS officer in WWII. He had put a price on her head ! Mary - Anne , if you see this , Ellen sez howdy ..............

Happy to find this forum but now it looks like there is no one left in the intersex space. Hello?

Gender Puzzle (part 1 of 5) Video description: Are we on the cusp of discovering what determines gender? The old mantra - all girls have XX chromosomes and all boys have XY - is no longer reliable. Scientists are now looking beyond chromosomes to "brain sex" and the role of newly discovered genes. By studying transsexuals and people on the gender extremes, they believe they can unlock the gender puzzle. This high-quality documentary looks at the new and challenging science of gender.

I've just been a little bit curious about this lately, and it's probably nothing, but reading things from google got me wondering. This is for any genetic male out there who still has male genetals. I've never seen another man's scrotum in a very definitive manner, and I've never seen the area behind the scrotum at all. But I've noticed that when I feel that area with my fingers, there's kind of a rigid area between the legs(behind the scrotum). I was wondering if all guys have this. I..erm...tried looking there in the mirror but I kind of put myself in dangerous positions trying to line the reflection up. I've read somewhere that the rigid line down the middle of the scr…

Kalidasa, considered the greatest poet and playwright in Indian history, describes shiva and shakti (male and female entities) as inseparable as a word and its meaning or a letter and its pronunciation. This is often depicted through the androgynous/hermaphroditic form of shiva, ardhanarishvara, literally meaning the god that is half (or part) female.

Hi! I'm so happy to see the activity in this forum. We are seeking someone who will act as a moderator for this forum. The duties would be to post an occasional message to start new topics or reply to topics already posted. Moderators may also move edit or delete posts, move topics, etc. as needed to facilitate good communication. The major requirements are sincerity, good written communication skills and reasonably knowledgable about intersex issues. Please contact me via e-mail if you are interested in volunteering to be a moderator in the intersex forum. Lori webmaster@tgguide.com :)

Hi, my name is Gennee. I am not intersex but I desire to know you and understand what being intersex is. I am a transgender individual who believes that we should support one another. I guess that's my intro. Gennee :)

I firmly believe a soul is a soul and no mattter what we are born as regardless of human and parental /surgiical procedure's etc determining the gender of a newborn infant's gender if there is a ambigious or not popular reason to the parents / surgeon to so to play alpha omega no one knows the consequences and mind set of that child till they are of a age of rekoning i would rather leave this decisive manner up to the young child at a ager that they can make their own decisu\ions or know who they are by preliminary observatiions till that child develops into their own soul because the soul is probably imbeddeded in the 2nd week / month of conception and e…

anyone see the documentary on the national geographic channel last nite (15 sep 09) called Explorer: Sex, Lies and Gender ? if so, any comments? chances are, if you saw the show The Girl Who Cries Blood, you might have hung around and caught Explorer. it dawned on me this morning that The Girl Who Cries Blood was advertised - i saw the ads at least a half a dozen times in the past week. hmmmmm.... if you missed Explorer: Sex, Lies and Gender... it is supposed to air again on 19 sep at 6pm, and on 22 sep at 5pm. both times are central, U.S. Dr Tiger Howard DeVore is featured in this documentary. in the program, the parents of a 7 year old girl [somehow] get…

Hi there, This is Ben and I'm new to this website. I'm also fairly new to Eugene/Springfield areas and would like to connect online with other intersex folks out here. I am intersex, was raised female, and am now almost 6 years post-transition female-to-male transsexual, for lack of better terms. I'm 41 and happily married. Have a great week! Ben