Intersex

Intersex is a general term used to describe those who are born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not fit the typical definition of male or female. This may be apparent at birth or become so later in life e.g. puberty. Intersex people, just like dyadic people, may identify with any sexual orientation or identity.

Intersex people are people born with any variation in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that do not fit the typical definitions of male or female bodies.

An intersex person may have any gender identity. They may agree with their assigned gender; in this case, they would be described as either ipsogender or cisgender. They may think of themselves as transgender, genderqueer, non-binary, etc. An intersex person who feels that their intersex status has influenced their gender identity may identify as intergender or amalgagender. Some intersex people think of their intersex status as belonging to the broader range of LGBT+ identities.

Not everyone who identifies as nonbinary is necessarily intersex, and instead may be dyadic (not intersex). Other common terms for "not intersex" are perisex and endosex.

History
The term intersex was coined by geneticist Richard Goldschmidt in 1917.

In 2014, Intersex was one of the 56 genders made available on ‘Facebook’.

Flag
The flag was first designed in July of 2013 by Morgan Carpenter, a bioethicist, intersex activist, and researcher. Carpenter is the co-executive director for Intersex Human Rights Australia (previously known as the Organisation Intersex International Australia). The purple circle symbolizes “wholeness, completeness, and our potentialities” and the yellow symbolizes colors that are not meant to be derivatives of pink or blue.

Dyadism
Dyadism is the belief that humans are strictly dyadic and are only one of two sexes. Dyadism is a common form of sexism, In addition, dyadism is discrimination against intersex people. That discrimination can include erasure, harassment, medical malpractice, lack of marriage rights, religious intolerance, human rights violations, and hate crimes against intersex people. Dyadism is also the basis of other forms of sexism, including binarism, the belief that people have only two genders.

Notable People
Some notable people who were born intersex and define their gender outside the Western gender binary include:


 * Canadian writer and filmmaker Alec Butler (b. 1959) says they/he is two-spirit, intersex, and nonbinary.
 * American visual artist and musician Florian-Ayala Fauna(she/her ) is an intersex person identifying as trans-femme[10], androgyne, and partially woman.[11]
 * Salvadoran-American filmmaker, actor, model River Gallo says they[12][13] are genderqueer and genderfluid.
 * British comedian, counsellor, and playwright Seven Graham (b. 1969) is transmasc[16] and nonbinary.
 * Hans Lindahl, Communications Director at interAct, an intersex advocacy group,[18] is trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer.
 * Indian activist Gopi Shankar Madurai (b. 1991), founder of Srishti Madurai, a student collective for gender and sexual minorities, says ze is nonbinary and genderqueer.[22]
 * New Zealander Mani Bruce Mitchell (b. 1953), founder of the Intersex Trust Aotearoa New Zealand (ITANZ), describes themself[23] as intersex and nonbinary.[24]
 * American activist Jim Sinclair (b. 1940), one of the founders of Autism Network International (ANI)[25], is intersex and was subjected as a child to conversion therapy in attempts to make them conform to their assigned gender. In 1997 Jim wrote that they were "proudly neuter, both physically and socially."[26]
 * Hungarian writer, psycholinguist, editor, poet, and translator Bogi Takács (b. 1983) is an agender intersex person.[27]
 * Latinx American writer Hida Viloria (b. 1968), author of Born Both: An Intersex Life, says s/he[28] is genderfluid.[29]
 * American writer Gigi Raven Wilbur (b. 1955), one of the creators of Celebrate Bisexuality Day, says s/he[30][31][32][33] is intersex and underwent nonconsensual surgery and masculinizing hormone treatments as a child. Some of the words Gigi has used to identify are "hermaphrodite", "third gender", and "ladyboy".