I grit my teeth and read the entire executive order regarding trans people, and I just want to take the opportunity to remind folks not to forget intersex people. One of the rescinded documents is “Supporting Intersex Students: A Resource for Students, Families, and Educators,“ and there is a huge emphasis on legally enshrining "only two sexes.”
Yes, this affects trans people, but with the way intersex voices often get ignored in trans spaces, I just want to remind folks not to shut us out. Don’t forget us. Don’t keep talking over us. Don’t act like we aren’t on the front lines. Don’t act like this is just about you. Please.
As a perisex trans person, I would even go so far as to say that intersex people shouldn’t just be included, but need to be actively centered in this conversation. Because the legal enshrinement of two sexes might coincide with transphobia or be intended to push transphobic legal standards, but it is directly going to challenge intersex people’s fundamental right to exist. It affects all of us, but intersex folks have even fewer social & legal resources and even less understanding from the broader public, and they need us to care about them and help amplify their voices.
Oh, yeah, I 100% agree. Problem is that the last time I said something as direct as that, I lost my green flag in Shinigami Eyes and had to block multiple people who wouldn’t stop calling me a transmisogynist bigot. Sigh.
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