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fromLGBTQ Nation
3 days ago

Trump-induced stress gave this nonbinary person chronic pain. They're asking folks to "give a damn" - LGBTQ Nation

The second Trump administration caused chronic stress, pain, and fear for a nonbinary intersex activist and nonprofit leader, prompting urgent calls for stronger allyship.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

The Psychology of Intersex Rights and Well-Being

Stigma, secrecy, and non-consensual medical interventions, not biological traits, drive harm to intersex people; peer connection and affirming care protect well-being.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

The Secret of Me review documentary tells tragic story of childhood intersex reassignment surgery

Raised in Baton Rouge, Lousiana, Jim was born in 1976 with XY chromosomes and had atypical genitals. So his parents, under the advice of a local doctor, decided to have surgery performed on the infant to create more female-looking organs, and then raised him as a girl without ever telling him the truth. It wasn't until he read about intersex people in a university feminism course that he realised who he really was.
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fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

Sex Is a Spectrum, and Science Keeps Saying So

Intersex individuals account for 3 to 6 percent of birds, revealing complexity in sex identification across species.
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fromBuzzFeed
6 months ago

This Woman's Viral Breakdown Of What It Means To Be Intersex Is A Must-Read

Intersex individuals face erasure and forced medical interventions to conform to binary definitions of sex and gender.
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