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"afab only housing" more like "only perisex cis women and people i will continuously misgender allowed"

"afab only housing" more like "im okay with trans, nonbinary, and intersex people that i cant misgender winding up homeless since affordable housing is nonexistent in this economy"

"afab only housing" more like "i need to violate your privacy and comfort in order for our housemates to not feel like their privacy and comfort are being violated"

"afab only housing" more like "im a massive transphobe but im using faux progressive language to be bigoted so its okay"

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I think more intersex people would benefit from knowing that diagnoses don’t have to be the end-all-be-all of your identity. Doctors don’t really study intersex people and don’t know much about each variation, so ‘intersex conditions’ are just labels on a number of symptoms just like any other diagnosis. There are so many people who are diagnosed with conditions that they physically don’t align with. I’ve seen people with Swyer syndrome who have ovaries, people with complete-androgen-insensitivity syndrome who have uteruses. Doctors will just slap a label on anyone who kind of fits the criteria, even before completing all of the testing.

This isn’t me saying that you shouldn’t even think about getting diagnosed, or that you should disregard doctors’ opinions, but intersex people should know that doctors probably don’t know as much about our bodies as we think they do. And discourse surrounding diagnoses and the legitimacy variants, especially PCOS, in the intersex community is stupid, as the medical community is extremely indecisive and uninformed on intersex people and you’re allowed to identify with the community regardless of your diagnosis or variant.

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i disagree that it's completely normal. i consider it a red flag. not a huge one maybe but it's important to know and look at her behavior later.

yes, it's normal for mental health professionals to ask a lot about patient's life. but excessive focus on the trans part is worrying. there are a lot of other topics, for example, family situation, relationships with parents, school/work, health issues, etc. all this stuff affects mental health greatly. being a trans person affects it greatly, too (because of all marginalization and possible dysphoria/disconnect). but the fact that she focuses on "how do you know you're trans" and not "how your being trans affects your life" is not the best way. definitely not something i would focus on, if i tried to understand my client's situation.

also like. telling your trans discovery story is a sensitive thing for a lot of trans people. it requires trust and safety. i don't think the first session is the right moment for it (if you don't go to her specifically because of identity questioning and gender consulting).

the part about stereotypes is especially disturbing. it's a big transmisic talking point that trans people transition because of gender stereotypes & that there is some kind of societal pressure to transition if you're gnc. but like. the opposite is true. there is a huge societal pressure to NOT [PT: not] transition, and pericis gender-nonconformity is MORE [PT: more] accepted in society than transness. as someone highlighted recently, there is pressure for gnc people to be conforming, but there is EVEN MORE [PT: even more] pressure to not transition. and people often revert from "be gender conforming, you don't fit" to "you can just be gnc, you don't have to transition" when the person in question announces that they're trans. it shows that she at least doesn't understand how trans people are treated in society and what actual pressure we experience.

which doesn't mean it's impossible to work with her. she doesn't sound like, extremely bigoted. but she is definitely under-educated about trans people and our experiences. if she is willing to listen, it can be fixed relatively easily.

it's very reasonable to feel concerned. because such questions put you at the position of defending yourself and your identity. it's the very same questions a lot of trans people have to answer daily. because ignorant and under-educated cis people ask them CONSTANTLY. [PT: constantly].

again, i don't think she is inherently bad therapist. chances are that she will listen and be accepting and can help. but there are some not okay points in her behavior, and i think it's important to acknowledge them.

it's very difficult to find a therapist who knows a lot about trans issues. most of them are cis and aren't in active contact with trans community. that's why they may share some stereotypes while generally being acceptive.

I went to my first therapist appointment yesterday and I need someone to tell me it's normal for them to ask you so many questions lol (I'm early 20s btw)(Ok this became more of a vent oops, sorry, I just really don't have anyone to talk to about this)

The therapist was very accepting, that's why I went to her, I felt comfortable to share anything she wanted to know more about but some of the questions were... I guess they are a standard procedure but it's made me feel a little weird. Obviously this was only our first session and obviously we just met so she'd want to know more about me and how my self discovery journey went, but I'm now stuck in an overthinking mode.

Most of the questions that led to this were about how I knew I was trans and how old I was when I first found out. After I mentioned how I started questioning a little before my tweens and later again in my teens she started asking more about my early childhood and if I ever felt any disconnect before my first contact with social media.

I did mention how I was a very free child, gender norms were barely imposed on me by my parents and the moment they were, it was mainly by "friends", peers, and other adults. If anything, my parents really made sure I was able to play with whatever I wanted and whomever I wanted. So yeah, the disconnect started when more and more people started imposing their gender norms on me.

I don't necessarily think I saw doubt in her eyes or questions but it made me start doubting if I said the right thing.

And there were a couple of other questions which I think were intended to figure out if there were some underlying feelings of need for societal conformity and safety rather than, well, transness, which I genuinely didn't know how to answer. When I mentioned something about not seeing myself as a girl/woman throughout my teens, she'd ask what I saw as a woman, what were some stereotypes I could say. And same for boy/man. Which, just like my early childhood, I couldn't clearly answer because I have a very strong mother who can and does everything. She's shattered almost every single stereotype of what a woman can and cannot do. I can easily list the typical stereotypes, but I've barely ever believed in them.

So idk, I know I'm a trans guy, but did I articulate myself well enough to the therapist? Why am I doubting all of a sudden? Who knows, I have another session in a couple of months, I guess we'll see then.

It's very normal for therapists to practically interrogate you on the first session. Think of it this way; an electrician needs to fix the wires, but he has to know the electric system of the house first so he knows how to best fix it. Therapists are the same! They need to build a profile of your mind and its struggles so they can fix it best. I've been to about 8 different therapists since I turned 7 years old, and every single one of them had our first few sessions be mostly questions.

I understand feeling anxious about fumbling something, but I assure you she's just doing her job. Dw too much about it lol :)

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[ID: screenshots of reddit posts on r/intersex.

original post: "let's talk about the (caps) positives (end caps) of being intersex

most of the traits we got are complications over anything else. sometimes, certain conditions comes with perks! let's get some positivity going for what you (caps) like (end caps) about being intersex!

i have CAIS, big perk little to no acne growing up. my body took to HRT like a duck to water and i already had breast development.

replies:

FrozenNord: Well i identifying as and transitioning into female. according to my endocrinologist, being intersex gave me better hips and larger breasts than he usually saw in a typical trans person. that was a nice bonus. i had them before HRT, it just made them a lot bigger. i also didn't 100% masculinize in puberty. i have very soft features, an androgynous voice, no brow ridge. i wasn't so lucky with facial and body hair, though.

Safeforwork_plunger (NCAH and PCOS, he/him): i suppose i had a good luck given i'm transmasc. i have NCAH so i was already haired and built like a man. and once i started testosterone my body took it quite well, my voice dropped in under 3 weeks. i suppose it's also interesting for other people, i'm open to answer any questions, even stupid ones if people are respectful enough. and i'm always teaching others that sex isn't binary, people tend to get blown away. my friends usually think it's a cool thing about me.

MCLTB: no periods, can't get pregnant. that alone should be enough. i also love being 6'4/193 cm, with the shoulders of a linebacker, which gives me a sense of security very few other women get to experience. i was also lucky enough that being androgynous is just really my style. and being part of such a small and overlooked people group has given me a very kind and understanding outlook on people in other small and overlooked people groups.

saltworth_: luscious hair that never get greasy (emoji that shrugs one shoulder)

fireflies315 (CAIS trans man) replies to the previous comment: same! part of it is probably that mine is curly but i've never had greasy hair, me needing to wash it is more generally due to it being too dry instead and needing to use conditioner lol.

aka_icegirl (intersex mod): my favorite thing is that it made me more aware and sensitive to other minorities while putting me on the path of demanding justice and equality. had i been born just a typical white cis het italian catholic male i might have ended up more like my dad who is a huge racist homophobic jerk (who was so abusive he lost custody). thus being intersex from birth it naturally put me in opposition to his influence. i am glad i'm me and had grown to not mind being in a female body.

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i'm glad that i have quite androgynous body and some stubble. it's especially cool because i don't have access to HRT now. so gender affirming.

also i met a lot of cool people in intersex community.

share what you like about being intersex!

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Most of Society (MOS): "Sweetheart aren't you too old to be a tomboy now? It's ok to be feminine, you can be a girly girl it doesn't make you soft and weak you know! Come on, where's your pride in being a girl? Look, just let me help you wear some makeup I'm sure you love it you don't need to be shy you're so pretty. Do you think you need to look like a boy to like girls? Is that it? It's ok you can be a girly girl and still like girls. Look at this cute dress I bought you after you said no! Honestly, you are so pretty you'll love this I'm sure. Gosh you're just so shy about being feminine I assure you being feminine is ok! You're seriously just too old to be doing this tomboy nonsense."

MOS after you transition: "It's actually perfectly fine to be a tomboy actually. Did you know you can still be a girl and have short hair and wear trousers? You can be a girl who likes girls, is that it, you just feel ashamed about being a lesbian/bi? You should feel more confident in being a girl who likes boy stuff it's not that bad. Actually I love butches and gnc women and tomboys, aren't they great, look at these examples of masc women who are still WOMEN and have not become trannys men by mistake. Seriously masc women are the BEST I love masc women I'm a little bit masc myself/a woman in my family or whom I am friends with is a little bit masc and that's normal you don't need to be a boy about it."

Hmm, it's almost like the two things are connected and inherently about misogynistic and transphobic restriction of anyone born/assigned female...

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one part of every marginalization is minority distress.

minority distress is a literal constant stress because you're marginalized and have to accommodate it.

for example, you have to make yourself smaller and more palatable for society. or you have to worry that your rights could be revoked / even more violated at any moment. or you have to take personally all verbal microaggressions, like jokes that are based on discrimination or slurs. they may not be directed at you, but you still feel unsafe. you know that you can't fully trust the person.

another part of it: you have to make additional efforts. in your look, in your work / studying, in your speech, in your mannerisms, in everything. life is harder in any possible aspect. you have to work more to be valued equally to your more privileged colleagues / classmates. or you may still be valued less, but if you worked less, you would be considered awful worker and fired.

you have to make yourself smaller and more palatable. so you have to constantly control your tone, especially in arguments. you have to walk on eggshells. one wrong word / intonation, and you're deemed incompetent and infantile, or dangerous and aggressive. anyway, you're not listened to.

your appearance is constantly scrutinized. you have to put more effort into dressing, doing makeup, etc. if you don't do it, you're treated significantly worse.

also, your life is more expensive. you have to buy additional stuff. either because of your body functions or because of social scrutiny. it's more difficult to find things that fit your needs. these things are usually expensive or at least cost more than mainstream ones. some services may be more expensive for you. because their creators haven't accounted for you, or because people who provide them are bigoted and try to make more money of you, or because you have to look for rare people who are not bigoted / less bigoted, and their services cost more. etc.

there are more stuff.

what i'm trying to say is:

1) marginalized people have to put more effort into every aspect of life;

2) they're distressed by these additional efforts and experiencing / witnessing marginalization and because they have to be on guard constantly.

minority distress is real thing. it's known and recognized. it makes our lives shorter and harder. it's a legitimate health risk.

and it is often overlooked both outside and inside our communities.

i remembered about this thing when thought specifically about transandromisia and passing privilege / male privilege for trans men, transmascs, and some nonbinary people.

that's why i find takes that passing trans men, transmascs, and some other nonbinary people (in some cases "passing" may not apply because passing as nonbinary doesn't exist. that makes all take even more ridiculous) have male privilege nonsensical.

people who speculate about 100% passing 100% stealth 100% everything trans men & mascs & some other nonbinary people overlook all minority distress and efforts it takes.

100% passing costs A LOT OF [PT: a lot of] money and efforts. privileged manhood doesn't require it.

100% stealth causes a lot of stress. you have to hide a huge part of your life. you have to worry about every small piece of your routine. you have to adjust your speech, your mannerisms, your things. you have to be aware not to slip up something that may give you away. you have to cut off a lot of people and worry that they'll come back and out you.

100% passing 100% stealth comes with tons of effort and tons of loss. privileged manhood doesn't.

and minority stress stays anyway. 100% passing 100% stealth doesn't make you cis. you still have to be on guard when someone makes a transmisic joke. you still have to worry that if your government accepts transmisic legislation, it will affect you.

in regards to medical transition, btw. if 100% passing 100% stealth person hasn't done every possible procedure, they have to put tons of effort in getting needed healthcare. they may be outed because of it, they may be neglected, their reproductive rights may be affected greatly, etc. you know the drill.

and if they have done 100% medical interventions, well... they have to take artificial hormones, and possible transmisic legislation that limits / bans it is a medical emergency.

also, you know about levels of medical transmisia and general shittiness of medical health. necessity to contact it on a regular basis can legitimately traumatize someone (medical trauma).

privileged manhood doesn't include anything of the above. that's why it's privileged.

there are more possible struggles for someone who's 100% passing 100% stealth. i listed some examples to illustrate my idea, but it's not exhaustive.

i hate that a lot of people seem to genuinely see passing as a "put on flannel and cut your hair." and stealth as "don't tell people that you're trans." even if it was like this, minority distress still would add a lot on the plate of 100% stealth 100% passing people. they still would be marginalized and suffer from it. but it isn't like this at all. it isn't easy. it isn't simple and little-to-no effort.

i don't have a conclusion i'm just tired.

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the most baffling idea that goes around these days is that masculinity is accepted and even encouraged in girls

that's the stupidest shit ever posted on the internet and i think that any trans person who grew up as a girl can agree to that, except a small minority who grew up in a privileged background

masculinity is only ever accepted in ppl perceived as women if it panders to the cishet male gaze. it's very similar to the Gone Girl "cool girl" monologue. u can like fixing cars, but u better wear a really small top and have nice tits while doing it. u can like sports and hanging out with guys, watch sci fi and be fun and messy, but u better have a full face of appropriate make up during it and be careful that u remain skinny. also if u have a traditionally considered male hobby or job, it's cool, but only as long as u are not better than the men around u. that' not masculinity being accepted, it's immature cishet men wanting a girlfriend that puts as much effort in her appearance as a girly girl without being "high maintenence"

and all that shit applies if you're gender conforming

when u start presenting in a masculine way is when shit hits the fan. i wouldn't say that u lose all privilege (if you're cis) when u go masc, but the way u are perceived is not the same. suddenly u are no longer deserving of protection, kindness or dignity. when i presented hard masc it was almost impossible to go outside without gettimg harassed at a magnitude i've never experiences before or since. ppl stopped being kind to me, i was treated like a freak show, the little queer u can show like a new purchase, ppl treated me like i was stupid to the point that it affected my school life. ppl were routinely staring at me, and in some instances even tried to touch me (my tits specifically) without consent to see if i was a girl

but that's not all

regardless of what some trans radfems like to claim, u are forced into femininity, all the time. every hair cut, every shopping trip, every year when u don't bring a boyfriend (bc transandrophobia and lesbophobia have always been cousins), every day u don't put make up on, every time u shot down a demand to perform femininity, is followed by screaming, crying and monstruous fights from family members or ppl in a position of power, during which u are repeatedly reminded that being yourself is wrong and you're an abomination

and that's why u can never ask for help, not about the fighting or the endless verbal and sexual harassement, bc u will probably be told that it's entirely your fault, and u deserved all of it

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I’ve said it before + it’s becoming true again this time. Whenever I’m alone (i.e., without a boyfriend) my crossdressing becomes more serious + constant. In my search for the perfect male companion, I find myself. In my need for a man in my bed, I detach myself from my body and my body becomes his; I stroke his hair, I see his wrist. I feel the warm winds blowing my open shirt from my smooth, hard, flat chest. I catch the hungry eyes of another beautiful youngman. I reconsider male hormones—trying to remember why I decided against them before.

— We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan

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fun little reminder that nonbinary people are trans! this means that a binary trans person realizing theyre nonbinary isn't detransitioning, and a nonbinary person realizing theyre binary trans isn't becoming 'really trans'. being nonbinary isn't a fucking placeholder for a binary gender and if you think so you can go fuck yourself

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if youre against body shaming, then you HAVE to be against body shaming men too.

that means no more micropenis and small dick "jokes".

that means no more neckbeard "jokes".

that means no more "jokes" about moobs / man boobs if someone has told you that it makes them uncomfortable (/ dysphoric).

that means no more mocking men (and women, but i see this targeting men more often) with flat asses.

that means no more mocking men for having long hair.

that means no more mocking men for having a "pedo 'stache".

that means not mocking trans men who dont want to medically transition and respecting their boundaries.

that means not mocking intersex men whose intersex variations you dont personally understand.

be against body shaming ANYONE.

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I feel like I lived in a different world where Elliot Page came out and the entire internet exploded with pure anger and every single comment I saw was either horrendous transphobia and misgendering from one side and whining disappointment about “losing an openly queer woman” or mocking how “basic” every single decision he made about his presentation was from the other side, only for people on tumblr to claim that trans men are rewarded and celebrated for coming out. Like no the fuck they aren’t. Go into the comment section of a single transmasc teen on Instagram right now and then pay them a billion dollars in compensation.

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i brought up the term enban/enben to someone who said they felt enby was infantilising, and someone else (also nonbinary) commented in response "sometimes i feel like folks just get off on having their own secret codes" and that they wouldnt know what it meant if someone said it to them without an explanation

like a. wtf??? and b. i don't think its that hard to figure out what it means? its just the start of enby + the ending of man/woman

Yeah unfortunately that's a reaction a lot of people have to nonbinary neologisms.

And like. I do understand it somewhat. But I honestly can't help but feel that part of people's resistance to new nonbinary-specific terms is exorsexism. Like... yeah. You won't know it what it means until someone explains because it was just invented. Every single word relating to nonbinary people that we have invented, we have at some point had to explain. To say that a neologism is bad because it's not immediately fully intuitive to you with zero explanation is like. Yeah friend! That's how making new words works! Especially when the word is trying to describe something who's existence has been completely excluded from our culture for the past forever!

I do understand people who personally dislike using enby (I'm not big on using it for myself either, I prefer enban), but I think people will very uncritically call any given nonbinary term "infantilizing" and say stuff like "just call me a slur instead!!" without realizing where that impulse can come from. It's similar to how anything that becomes associated with women develops a reputation for being stupid and shallow and annoying—people have ingrained biases against nonbinary people, so when something reminds them of nonbinary people, they feel an aversion towards it.

People will come up with every single possible reason why every possible neologism won't work (too long, too short, too latin, too germanic, too cringe, too boring) and the end result is that nonbinary language never is able to move forward. Our language will always require explanation and seen abnormal as long as we do not popularize their use, and in order to popularize their use we have to get over our aversion to our own language.

It's not about wanting to be special or "having secret codes," it's about having the basic linguistic visibility that binary people already have. It's about being able to discuss ourselves and each other with ease and clarity and specificity. If you are fine just being called a "person" and using pre-existing gender neutral language for yourself, that's fine. But we deserve so much better than binary people's linguistic scraps. And that means we have to confront what it looks and sounds like to not just casually gender neutral but actively, blatantly outside of the binary in a way that makes people confused or uncomfortable.

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t4t lesbian appreciation moment.

i think clocky transfems are hot and should get more love.

transfems with more masculine features are absolutely stunning.

transfems with stronger bone structures are breathtaking.

transfems with stubble are wonderful.

chubby transfems are amazing.

tall transfems are pretty.

intersex transfems are beautiful.

I AM A PROUD TRANSFEM LESBIAN 🫡🫡🫡 I LOVE TRANS WOMEN AND TRANSFEMS ❤️❤️❤️

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yknow what. fuck it. shoutout to nonbinary trans people and gnc trans people and intersex trans people and people who identify with xenogenders. shoutout to people who fuck around with gender and people who dont use labels to describe their gender and people who are pronoun non conforming. yall are amazing and im tired of people saying otherwise because you dont fit peoples expectation of what they think gender is

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Some of you haven’t fully unpacked the Gender Traitor view of trans men and transmascs and it shows.

You may not be calling us gender traitors outright but then you act as if we’re uniquely more likely to be misogynistic (including transmisogynistic or lesbophobic) than cis men. You imply that by transitioning we’ve escaped misogyny, as if that were the point in the first place. You’re quick to prescribe things like male entitlement to us with zero attempt to understand what might lead us to the decisions we make. You pull us aside to lecture us about how we have to watch ourselves to make sure we’re not misogynistic and how we as men have to use our male privilege to protect women (hey, why do you think the women need the men to protect them like that? It’s a bit patriarchal imo), all while never giving cis men the same spiel.

And then we’re stuck dancing around your assumption that we hate women because we’re trans men! We can’t just say we’re not women without going off about how womanhood is great even if it’s not for us, even though it’s perfectly reasonable to imagine we might have a lot of negative feelings about having been forced to live as girls and women when we aren’t women, even though the type of person who expects this out of, say, people who were raised Christian but aren’t as adults is generally someone most of us can agree is an unreasonable douche looking to convert the person back. And when anything about us makes women uncomfortable, regardless of whether it’s reasonable, we’re the ones who are supposed to accommodate you at our own expense. Trans men get forced into a separate waiting room at the gynecologist’s office because cis women “feel unsafe” about there being a man in the room. We ask to have our voices heard in the conversation surrounding abortion access and reproductive rights and we’re scolded for “making a women’s rights issue about men”. We find historical figures who show every single sign of fitting the description of trans men and cis women crawl out of the woodwork to yell at us for “erasing women from history.”

And with all this in mind, all I can think is that you just see us transitioning as a betrayal towards women. We turned our backs on the Sisterhood or whatever and now we’re the enemy. But as a trans man myself, all I’ve wanted was to just exist in peace as a man. I don’t see any gender as being some opposing force. It’s like hair color to me, just something different about everyone. It’s not my fault I was assigned the wrong gender at birth. It’s not my fault I was born with primary and secondary sex characteristics that give me gender dysphoria. It’s especially not my fault that for thousands of years women and those forcibly assigned as women were regarded as property and treated as such. And yet, somehow, it seems that I’m expected to apologize several times daily for all of this purely because I’m a trans man.

It’s so fucking infuriating. Just let me live, damnit.

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sex chromosome mosaicism flag

[pt: sex chromosome mosaicism flag]

chromosomal mosaicism is a phenomenon which describes someone who has more than one makeup in the number or orientation of their chromosomes for any given pair. sex chromosomal mosaicism only affects the 23rd pair in humans. the most common types of sex chromosome mosaicism that we know of are XO/XX, XXY/XY, and XX/XY, but many different combinations are possible.

the flags background was chosen from the intersex flag. the inner circle is made of a "mosaic" of colors from common stains used to create karyotypes, primarily giemsa dye, which is primarily indigo, blue, and purple, with hints of magenta.

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Its kind of ridiculous how difficult it is to find critical intersex literature if you don't know where to look.

That said, here are frequently cited things I've found. For the one's that are behind paywalls, I have a Google Drive folder set up to hold them for access. The only things I leave behind a paywall are books by individual authors. They are not organized at all, I'm sorry.

Intersex Variations Glossary by InterACT

Narrative Symposium: Intersex—Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (NIB) Volume 5, Number 2, Summer 2015.— Trigger warning for intersex genital mutilation (IGM), sexual assault, and medical trauma—it's honestly a lot but incredibly important. (Drive)

A human rights investigation into the medical "normalization" of intersex people - A report of a public hearing by the Human Rights Commission of the City & County of San Francisco

Surgical Progress Is Not the Answer to Intersexuality - Cheryl Chase. - TW for IGM and images of genitalia (Drive)

The Intersex Roadshow, a blog of Dr. Cary Gabriel Costello - Costello is an intersex trans man and tries to bridge the gap between trans and intersex issues

Beyond Binary Sex and Gender Ideology - Cary Grabriel Costello - Chapter 12 of The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment (Drive)

Transgender and intersex: theoretical, practical, and artistic perspectives (book/textbook) (Drive)

Intersex: Stories and Statistics from Australia (Book) (Open Access)

Fixing sex: intersex, medical authority, and lived experience (Book)

The harms of medicalisation: intersex, loneliness and abandonment (Open Access Article)

Intersex: cultural and social perspectives (Open Access Article)

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Technical Note on the Human Rights of Intersex People. Basically, if you want an easy way to say that doctors are going against human rights by performing IGM.

An experimental philosophical bioethical study of how human rights are applied to clitorectomy on infants identified as female and as intersex (Open Access Article) - People were more likely to support the same surgery on infants labeled as intersex than they were on infants labeled as female.

Caught in the Gender Binary Blind Spot: Intersex Erasure in Cisgender Rhetoric by Hida Viloria - About how cisgender often doesn't accurately express the experiences intersex people have. Costello, mentioned earlier with Intersex Roadshow, coined Ipsogender for this reason.

Introduction for Intersex Activism - A guide for allies

Sex, Science, and Society: Reckonings and Responsibilities for Biologists (Open Access Article)

Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis by Georgiann Davis - TW for medical trauma

Spectacles and Scholarship: Caster Semenya, Intersex Studies, and the Problem of Race in Feminist Theory by Zine Magubane (Drive)

Owning Endosex Privilege and Supporting the Intersex Community: WPATH, Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM), and Sex Variant Bodies by Margo Schulter

The Spectrum of Sex by Hida Viloria and Dr. Maria Nieto

A long way to go for LGBTI equality from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights - Before the UK left the EU

If anyone wants to add, feel free! This was the non-medicalized stuff I had saved in Zotero, and definitely not all that's out there.