How Intersex People Identify

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How Intersex People Identify

JUL 10, 2015
By Hida Viloria and Dana Zzyym.

http://oii-usa.org/2719/how-intersex-people-identify/

The truth is, humans are a complex bunch, and intersex people, like all humans, identify our gender in a variety of ways and should have the right to do so. Some even prefer not to "identify" at all, stating that they were born intersex and do not have to "identify" as such or as any particular gender identity. Interestingly, there's now a "gender identity" which describes this experience: agender. Also, humans are required to legally identify their gender, and almost all languages use pronouns that are gendered in some way. So even if we want to be genderless, it's not yet entirely possible to escape identifying it, or having it identified for us.

Here, then, is a breakdown of the three main ways in which Intersex people "identify" our gender.