So with all the talk of transgender identity, how should intersex people identify?

[Anonymous]

There has been much talk and legislation around transgender issues as of late. Kansas just passed a bill restricting transgender people to use bathrooms that correlate with their assigned biological sex at birth. https://www.pressherald.com/2023/04/05/kansas-passes-bill-restricting-transgender-peoples-access-to-public-accommodations/

They did include amendments to accommodate intersex individuals by classifying them as "disabled" and entitled to fair treatment under the "Americans with Disabilities Act."

According to the Centers for American Progress, "1.7 percent of the population has an intersex trait and 0.5 have clinically identifiable sexual or reproductive variations." https://www.pressherald.com/2023/04/05/kansas-passes-bill-restricting-transgender-peoples-access-to-public-accommodations/

According to Medline intersex is a condition in which the external reproductive organs does not match the internal reproductive organs or in simple terms a person is born with both sets of reproductive organs. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001669.htm There are other intersex characteristics but when it comes to using public bathroom it's the reproductive organs that the law is focused on.

So in general if someone is born intersex how should they identify?

With the gender identity they feel most comfortable indentifying as.

Their parents should decide when they are young and raise them that gender.

The should idenfity with the gender people will likely see them as.

They should indentify as non-binary.

They should indentify as diabled like the articles says.

Other (explain)

Updates

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I put the wrong link for the 1.7 estimate here is the correct one www.americanprogress.org/.../

[BungusHighFivePizza]

I mean if you dress the way you want to be identified and do it properly, people generally don't get confused. If I see Thor with epic beard and dong hanging out of his loincloth wielding big hammer, of course I get confused if Thor wants to be now called a "she". Get some work done, bitch! At least remove the fucking beard!

And 1.7% is not real estimate. It's the most conservative estimate ever, and maintained by a bunch of academic and journalistic cowards who even know it isn't true. The number of actual births with genitalia in the truly ambiguous range is closer to 0.05%, and anyone who isn't a fucking blind retard will see this is closer to what they experience.

[Asker]

I added the link where that came from, as I had accidently posted the wrong on in the post, I am sure there are other sources of course, do you have a source of the 0.05% rate?

[IceCreamSandwich]

The same as anyone else: the one that they feel most comfortable with / best reflects who they actually are.

Technically, most are "assigned a biological sex at birth" though, aren't they? In some states you can't even put a neutral identifier on a birth certificate. So while obviously I'm glad the lawmakers recognized and tried to accommodate intersex people when their law would possibly criminalize them if they didn't, it would be nice if they asked why would a reasonable law possibly criminalize a whole group of people simply for the body they have? Maybe, is such a law reasonable? But that's probably too much to ask...

[Sour-rose]

Good question... i suppose whatever they say they want to be identifed as. But saying they are both... is gonna make them look absolutely nuts.

[gorydetails]

If you have a dick, go to the mens room. If you have a pussy, go to the women’s. If you have both, go in a stall.

[Asker]

Okay, but bathroom use aside, the question was what gender should they identify as.

[gorydetails]

whichever they look most like.

[BaileyWillow]

It's too confusing for my cute butt.

[slatyb]

However they want.