Trans as intersex: Crossing the line
http://www.thescavenger.net/isgd/trans-as-intersex-crossing-the-line-56934.htmlTrans_intersexPeople from intersex, sex and/or gender diverse groups need to declare and emphasise our own identities, rather than letting others bully us into fitting into their version of who or what we are, writes Tracie O'Keefe.
Many of us who are transexed, transsexual or even transgendered may identify as intersex. To us it is just a fact of our identities. We are not seeking approval from doctors, politicians or political advocates, who all at times think they have the right to define us. Neither are we seeking some kind of sympathy or advantage for being intersex as well as trans.
I find it odd when some publicly declared intersexed people stand on their podium and tell trans people that we are not really one of them because we do not have their history of abuse that often includes childhood genital mutilation. And while not wishing to marginalise that suffering in any way, many trans people have our own histories of horrific abuse.
