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RTI International, a not-for-profit research organization working with the U.S. Census Bureau, is looking for adults (ages 18 and over) to give their reactions and opinions about questions in a national survey. They are recruiting participants for one more week and hoping to hear from intersex adults and families with intersex kids!
The interview will be conducted online using a secure video conferencing app and will take about 60 minutes. RTI will provide $40 to each eligible person who participates in the 60-minute interview.
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Half the sources I had for AGAB terminology history are no longer available due to Google's preview library books thing deciding to not show me the previews, how am I supposed to do any research around here without having to screenshot everything what do I do abt the ones I didn't get screenshots of before it became unavailable 😭
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via interACT: 5 Intersex People on Growing Up with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
What Is Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia?
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is the most common form of Intersex DSD, an inherited disorder of the adrenal glands that can affect both boys and girls. The adrenal glands are located above the kidneys and produce three types of hormones: Cortisol, Aldosterone, and Androgens.
Cortisol, which regulates energy, blood pressure and blood sugar and helps us recover from a sudden illness
Aldosterone, which governs the amount of salt and water in the body. Androgens, a group of hormones which control the development of male characteristics
People with CAH cannot properly make cortisol and in some cases, are unable to produce aldosterone. They also produce too much of some androgens, such as testosterone and 17-hydroxyprogesterone. These hormone imbalances can lead to serious illness, atypical genitalia, early puberty, growth concerns and other problems.
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Compiling some terms/posts useful for people questioning if intersex
Note: If a definition in is in quotes, the source material it is quoted from is linked to by the relevant term.
Highly relevant terms
Extersex - "[A] term for those who do not know whether they are dyadic or intersex. It could be because one feels as though they might be some form of intersex, but are unable to medically confirm it, or cannot confirm what intersex variation it is. It may also be for those who have a variation that may be considered intersex, but are uncertain if they want to identify as intersex." - @themogaidragon
Inter-Questioning - "a term for anyone who is questioning if they’re intersex, for any reason. (Whether it’s due to one’s physical body, familial experiences that imply one is, or possibly simply a mental feeling that one is intersex.)" - @eldorr
Quoisex - "[An] umbrella term for anyone who doesn't quite understand their sex or doesn't want to define their sex." - LGBTQIA+ Wiki Note: I understand this as more general than extersex, and would include people questioning if altersex. See the wiki entry for subtypes (quoigonadal, quoichest, etc)
Altersex - "An umbrella term to describe having or wanting primary or secondary sex traits/characteristics that do not align with the binary sex model that a significant portion of society has adopted. It is primarily used by those who are not intersex and are trans+ and wish to or transition specifically to have a body that does not fit the aforementioned sex model." -@intersex-questions Note: Being altersex does not make somebody intersex. I include it because many people questioning their intersex status realize this is what they're looking for.
Anisohormonal - "Aniso (unequal/uneven) + hormonal (relating to hormones). An individual who has an imbalance of hormones for any number of reasons. Such individuals may or may not also be intersex." - @sproutflags Note: includes non-intersex variations such as diabetes.
Subtypes of intersex people
Note: In my experience most people questioning if they're intersex have a hormonal intersex variation like PCOS, so I'm skewing towards this accordingly.
Dysgonadal - "[having] dysfunctional gonads. This includes agonadal (no gonads) and hypogonadal. Also known as gonadal agenesis/dysgenesis, dyssex and nullogonadal/asexed (null sex or avaginal/aphallia)." - @arco-pluris Note: contrasted with eugonadal - "people with functional gonads (reproductive cells). Includes hypergonadal (hyperfunctional gonads)"
Interhormonal - "Someone who is intersex and anisohormonal and/or feels that being intersex has impacted their identity as anisohormonal in some way and/or that their identity as anisohormonal has impacted their identity as intersex in some way." - @sproutflags
Intermeer - "a term used to describe all intersex variations that are caused by an overproduction of horomones (testosterone, estrogen, or both.)" - LGBTQIA+ Wiki Variations include: AES, FMPP, PCOS. Part of The Autre System for categorizing intersex variations.
Intermindre - "a term used to describe all intersex variations that are caused by a lack of horomones (testosterone, estrogen, or both.)" Note: The wiki lists AIS and EIS as examples although they are not due to a lack of hormones, but rather a lack of sensitivity to them. Part of The Autre System for categorizing intersex variations. See the wiki for more subtypes. Thank you to anon asker who pointed out the AIS/EIS issue.
Mesosex - "[A] person who has an intersex variation, but one which does not conform to perisex (non-intersex) ideas of what intersex is. For example, people who have intersex traits that are considered "mild", or who have variations such as PCOS Hyperandrogenism and Poland Syndrome." - @ipso-faculty
More intersex terminology
Intersex Terminology Masterpost by @intersexfairy
Edits: - 2023-12-13: corrected AIS mischaracterized as lack of hormones, ty to anon for correction - 2023-12-13: added interdynamic - 2023-12-20: added inter-questioning, thank you @fazbears-horror-attraction for sharing it! - 2023-12-21: removed interdynamic. Apparently "secondary sex" means something entirely different in omegaverse. Ty to anon for correction.
#let me know if there's relevant terms I'm missing!#doing research for coining some new terms#intersex terminology#intersex#intersex questioning#extersex#mesosex#intermeer#intermindre#autre system#interhormonal#quoisex#anisohormonal#dysgonadal#pcos#hyperandrogenism#interdynamic#mogai peer review#actuallyintersex#actually intersex
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I think we really fucked up as a society when we started using the word “ignorant” as an insult and started conflating it with “bigot”. Ignorance is a state of being unaware or undereducated. Which means that ignorance is not a failing of the ignorant! We cannot expect that any decent-minded person has both the resources and the capacity to educate themselves on important topics, especially if they might not even know those topics exist yet.
#thinking a lot about the time my mom said something intersexist by accident#and it turned out that she literally didn’t even know intersex conditions occurred in humans#once she learned she immediately did a bunch of research and educated herself and expanded her worldview!#I totally could have written her off as a bigot or said ‘it’s not my responsibility to educate her’#but it was so much more simple than that— she honestly just Didn’t Know that was a Thing. And having that conversation was all she needed
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just realized that this blog has now been around for five years, which is pretty incredible. i think we've gotten a lot better at answering asks though since 2019 lmao. through the years there's been a lot of different mods who all contributed so much, and i'm very grateful to all of them. i started the blog in 2019 because the only other general intersex askblog at the time (actuallyintersex) had gone on hiatus and there was just very few active intersex bloggers from like...2017-2022. and i wanted there to be a space for intersex people to ask questions and get advice on tumblr. i feel like there was also a lot more of a culture of having askblogs than there is now. i remember all the blogs like transteensurvivalguide and nonbinary support and a bunch that i'm forgetting now. it's so cool to me now that there's a lot more active intersex blogs now and that we aren't the only intersex advice blog any more. i love seeing more and more intersex people find each other and talk about intersex topics together.
anyway just realized it had been five years and thought i'd make a little post <3
#not intersex related#blog stuff#i was 17 when i started this blog which was wild!!!!#in the first year i was not at all qualified to be answering some of the asks i got lol but i was trying very hard#and doing a lot of research#i miss some of the mods who aren't active anymore tho :( we're still in contact off of tumblr but i miss#their perspectives so much
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A Long Rant About the 2024 Olympics Boxing Gender Row
Disclaimer: DO NOT REPOST. This post contains personal opinions and information gathered over the past week concerning female boxers and Olympic finalists 🇩🇿 Imane Khelif (left) and 🇹🇼 Lin Yu-Ting (right), as well as their opponents. You are welcome to share your thoughts, but if you come to me with hate or an attempt to convince me they are men through claims such as that of XY chromosomes (which have never been proven, mind you), especially if you or your source(s) cite the corrupt, biased and discredited International Boxing Association (IBA), will be blocked and have your comment(s) deleted. If proper fact-checking is too much work for you, I suggest you save your energy and block me instead. On the other hand, if there are relevant updates or information that I may have missed, do let me know in the comments, and I will edit this post accordingly. Lastly, I do not condone the harassment of any of the individuals involved - that time is better spent on more valuable causes such as 🇵🇸 helping Palestinians, 🏳️⚧️ supporting trans people, and calling for the rearrest of convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde. Thank you for reading.
Angela Carini is not a hero.
We all know Carini abandoned her match not even a minute in and complained about being “punched too hard” by Khelif - who made the women’s lightweight quarterfinals in Tokyo. The cop competed in the welterweight division and lost her opening bout 2-3 to 🇹🇼 Chen Nien-Chin (who will join Khelif on the Olympic podium, fuck yeah).
Carini’s involvement has gradually garnered less attention since her apology, but she will have a long way to go before she can be forgiven, especially by Khelif. An Italian posted and translated her deleted tweet before the infamous 46-second bout clearly alluding to Khelif as a man, and Algérié Football Média recently released a recording of Khelif, where she explains how Carini’s club and the Italian media took advantage of her.
What’s worse, the IBA decided to offer Carini a hundred grand as a “consolation prize.” At least this time the Italian federation values their dignity more and refused the money.
Luca Hámori is not a hero.
Remember the Instagram story reshares that she had to take down? Besides the bull-headed giant, Hámori reshared another which called Khelif a korcsot - a dehumanizing Hungarian slur which Google interprets as “monster” or “freak,” but more accurately translates to “mongrel.”
Hámori entered the ring expecting to walk out as a “savior,” but it was Khelif who turned out to be the bigger person that day. Upon her victory, Khelif called out the IBA for their abuse towards her, but she fights on because of her faith in justice.
Svetlana Staneva is NOT A FUCKING HERO. Neither is her equally ill-informed coach, Borislav Georgiev.
This case makes me especially furious not just because I’m also a Taiwanese woman like Lin Yu-Ting, but also the abysmal immaturity of 34-year-old Staneva, THE SECOND OLDEST BOXER IN THE FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION. Even Hámori has shown more decency in the ring, and she’s eleven years younger!
If you, like me, have watched their full match, you should acknowledge that Yu-Ting was undoubtedly the better boxer that day - same case in her RO16 bout against Sitora Turdibekova.
On the other hand, you’ll see that Staneva doesn’t need “protecting,” considering she literally held Yu-Ting by the head and SLUNG HER ACROSS THE RING (around 3:25-3:30). I’m sorry, Staneva, did you ever realize the audience was there to watch boxing and not wrestling?! And she calls herself a “proud XX woman.” Our commentators did not witness that gesture, but if they did I trust they would’ve been fuming as much as I have the past few days.
If she truly were a proud woman, she would not play dirty the entire time, then give up five seconds before the final bell. Look me straight in the eyes and tell me that you would want to be represented by such behavior. I feel sorry for the Bulgarians and her other supporters who had to witness such a shameful performance.
Oh, one more thing… Guess who the IBA gave a bronze medal in the 2023 World Championships after disqualifying Yu-Ting?
That’s right, it was Staneva. No wonder her coach was willing to give up all professionalism and pander to the IBA’s lies. And look what that got them - now they’re not allowed anywhere near the Olympic podium! This could be unlikely, but let’s hope they are punished by the IOC and/or any relevant departments back in Bulgaria.
(I’m not going on Twitter for a better resolution of this photo. This one fries my eyes enough.)
Esra Yıldız Kahraman is not a hero.
I am at a loss of words.
What the actual fuck, Kahraman. We thought you were better than this.
I will only say this once. DO NOT confuse bad sportsmanship, disinformation, transphobia, (inter)sexism, and racism with “defending women’s sports.”
Reducing womanhood to chromosomes, genitalia, physical appearance, and/or some other bullshit is the most despicable and disgusting thing to come out of such hatred, and I will die on this hill. And gender tests? They were abolished due to their ineffectiveness at identifying maleness after Atlanta 1996, but the IBA won’t admit it. And considering their latest mess of a press conference, they would rather stay relevant with empty claims and unnecessary threats. Stop giving them the time of day! Listen to the podcast Tested instead for more info on this matter.
Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting did not make the podium in Tokyo, but they will both leave Paris with their heads high up and medals hanging down their necks - all the while the likes of “fEmInIsTs” and bigots such as J.K. Rowling, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and Logan Paul can only COPE AND SEETHE. Their victory is a victory for women, a victory for Algeria, a victory for Taiwan, and a victory for the boxing world that I never thought I’d care so much about.
I’m counting on Khelif and Yu-Ting to win gold and dunk on all the haters all over again. But respect to every other medalist in the welterweight tournament for being great sports - 🇨🇳 Yang Liu, 🇹🇭 Janjaem Suwannapheng, and our dearest Nien-Chin. You all deserve the podium! 💖💖💖
#olympics#boxing#feminism#women#transphobia#transgender#intersex#misogyny#imane khelif#lin yu ting#lin yu-ting#i stand with imane khelif#i stand with lin yu-ting#fuck terfs#fuck transphobes#fuck the iba#fuck jkr#taiwan is finally boycotting harry potter#i really needed to get this out of my system#some of you need to get a life fr#there is a reason the medical field is for the highly qualified#do your research before you speak#this shitshow is just as braindead as zionists stealing pro-palestine slogans#the fact that the smear campaign had been so horrible that both algerian and taiwanese officials had to step in#khelif and yu-ting are women and more gorgeous than you and I will ever be#the fact that both of these fine ladies will soon step onto the podium makes me believe there is a god#pardon me i just have really strong feelings on this matter#makoto yaps
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A doctoral student is seeking participants for research on the experiences of current & former intersex college students!
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General psa to not just go for natural supplements claiming to boost testosterone or estrogen without looking into whats in it and what the ingredients actually do, because a lot of them will just boost LH and increase the more predominant hormone in your body or depend on what gonads you have. Im not sure how it would vary for different intersex conditions but unless its a drug that actually increases estrogen or testosterone or progesterone etc. (or is straight up the hormone) for anyone with any organs, its not going to give you your desired result.
Do research into what a drug or supplement does before taking it. Chances are, some boost hormones depending on the organs in your body and are not inherently masculinising or feminising(whichever effect preferred), and may have other unrelated effects on the body. I feel like people often ignore that herbal supplements can cause harm too, if taken improperly or with no knowledge of what they do to the body.
#just saw a “testosterone boosting” vitamin thing in a grocery store the other day w like fenugreek or some shit and#if you want your T levels to increase and you dont have testes organs in your body that function as expected you wont get any increase in T#if you take that#you may even get an increase in E.#so like. do your research#hopefully the “hrt pill” scam that was made to doxx transfems made ppl more aware of this but just in case#safety#drug safety#medication safety#trans#gnc#hrt#we're trans and intersex and dont mean this as fearmongering#we also know that its not easy to get hrt especially testosterone in most countries#but basically be careful w herbal supplements and other supplements that may have a cis perisex focused idea#of what the drug does written on the label
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(via In 'Every Body,' a galvanizing moment — and celebration — for the intersex community | AP News)
An estimated 1.7% of the U.S. population — or about the same number of red-haired people — have some intersex traits, including genitalia, reproductive organs, chromosomes and/or hormone levels that don’t fit typical definitions for males or females. At a time when gender is an increasingly fraught battleground everywhere from state legislatures to youth sports leagues, those born intersex contradict any strictly binary notion of gender. “Every Body,” which recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, seeks to be a galvanizing moment in the intersex rights movement, a small but growing advocacy for a sizeable segment of LGBTQIA+ people (the “I” stands for intersex).
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Does anyone want to hear about my idea for an essay about Elden Ring's Omens as a metaphor for intersex people and the shit they go through.
#Moreover do intersex people want to do a sensitivity reading of this essay once I get the research and first drafts done.#I think it would kinda fuck as literary analysis.#elden ring#morgott the omen king#mohg lord of blood
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guh. kicks rocks
#researching shit about the different kinds of intersex conditions to find one that best suits a charcater im writing#and i cant choose between two of them and am unsure of who to ask#putting it on a shelf in my mind for a later day
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I'm not a teacher. I'm not an activist. I'm not good at explaining things to others. But I hate having people who are uneducated on a subject I know a lot about being wrong. But I don't know how to correct them and convey the information in a good way. Just. Learn it. The most I can do is show them where I learned this stuff, but we all very well know nobody is gonna click on the link. But I just don't know how to fix it. I don't know how to make people understand. I can't telepathically put information in their heads. Uhg.
#someone was arguing about intersex people and bc of our-queer-experience ive learned a lot about these topics and done research on it#but i genuinely dont know how to make the information in my head come out my mouth and sound good#all i can do is say “thats wrong”#im not good at this#which means i should stop#but i dont want them to just. be wrong and harmful#same thing when i mentioned fatphobia#i dont have the words to educate people#just. learn about it!! its not my job#anyway#vent#gummy says stuff
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Reason of gender euphoria: friend told me my voice actually got deeper since the last time we hanged out in discord and i'm smiling so hard my jaw's about to break
#kers ramblings#PCOS really provides free hrt for a broke mf (me)#after some research i pretty much agree that term “intersex person” rings very well with my own perception of all things me. so#consider this a coming-out of sorts
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DAY 14
Of OC-tober
PJs :) Only a doodle for today because i have terrible time management but here's Alexis and Ezekiel cuddling ^^
Fellas, is it gay to cuddle with your best friend? Probably not
#eridian scientist#oc tober#ezekiel allen#ezekiel houston#alexis lovelace#artists on tumblr#art#drawing#original character#artwork#character design#digital art#waiter! waiter!#one million beers please!#my art#i love my ocs#digital artist#my artwork#my ocs#oc art#also they are just friends lol#and alexis is aroace#i have that exact plush btw#a wise man once said: You're never too old to sleep with plushies...#and for anyone that may be confused#alexis *is* a boy—he just has gynecomastia#because he's intersex (pais)#now... i dont have partial AIS. but i've done research about it and as far as i know gynecomastia is common.#but correct me if im wrong#and the reason you don't normally see them is because he binds his chest. i know some men with gynecomastia do that so it felt reasonable
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*grits teeth*
i do not want to discourse here or anywhere anymore but it does kind of affect me as a transmasc bi person when i see shit that indirectly misgenders me and implies that bisexuality is an icky no good word and identity and you have to be bi and gay and bi and lesbian and bi and straight at the same time or support them or you're an evil stinky stinky terf like... hello where am, i
#it makes me feel othered by an otherwise inclusive community bc how dare i think that men aren't involved in lesbianism#or how dare i think that bisexuality is a whole and valid sexuality#or how dare i think that any and all nonbinary genders are included in every single sexuality by default#or that trans women are women so no fuckin g duh theyre included in lesbianism and if your knee jerk reaction to seeing:#men cannot be lesbians is to think of trans women then you are the transphobe here#or how i dare think that trans man and transmasc aren't the exact same thing#that genderqueerdyke person is also a transadrophobia geek and theyre buddies with genderkoolaid#which like. do i HAVE to say it?#IF U IGNORE THE TRANSMISOGYNY (WHICH U SHOUDLNT) THEYRE ALSO A ZIONIST HELLOW?? WHATS NOT CLICKING WHATS NOT CLICKING#OK IM KINDA MAD ABT THAT LIKE... SORRY BUT HOW ABOUT WE DONT PLATFORM IDIOTS NO MATTER HOW GOOD THEIR RHETORIC MIGHT SOUND#BC U WANT TO BE TOTALLY INCLUSIVE AND NOT GATEKEEPY#ive BEEN around the fucking block ive BEEN on tumblr when the resident terfs here coined bi lesbian#if you scrolled back far enough in certain keywords you wouldve seen that shit in the early 2010s being discussed in their circles#to mean lesbians who are attracted to trans women#you cannot reclaim that or recoin it#yes ive done the research too#i looked at every single piece of evidence of that label existing in the past 50~ years#its just bisexual women back when lesbian spaces also included them#plus like may i also fucking ssay that bisexual also used to mean being of two sexes (transsexual/gender and/or intersex?)#this close to fully believing that the pushback against bisexual being it's own whole and valid sexuality is some kind of psy op#i sound schizophrenic well Maybe I Am#i feel like im going to end up deleting this post bc i dont want to argue with people who disagree with me because there is no getting#through to any of you#tbd.
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