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When I first found out I was intersex honestly I was a bit scared as to what it would mean for me. We briefly touched on Klinefelter's Syndrome in high school biology as an example of a genetic mutation in humans but really didn't go into how it would impact your life and the people around you.

Being intersex is as common as having ginger hair but impacts your life far more than just a hair color. Our bodies are neither male or female and many governments and institutions refuse to recognize that we exist and do not fit in biological norms. We feel invisible and our lives are filled with challenges and hardships. Many of us cannot have biological children. Many of us develop cancer, bone density problems, autoimmune diseases, miscarriages, and other health conditions from the hormone imbalances and other things that can happen when your body is as different as that. Many of us are discriminated against because of it. Many of us face medical erasure because doctors refuse to tell patients that they are intersex unless it is blatantly obvious and they absolutely have to.

We often struggle with our gender identity and have confusing bodies and puberties. I myself went though girl puberty when I was supposed to go through boy puberty. We face challenges in schools and with other children growing up because of things like that even though its just our bodies being different. On this day of Intersex remembrance we stand in solidarity with intersex people all over the world and the struggles and hardships they face just for being themselves.

Shared by Vixie for Intersex Day of Remembrance