#I suspect I am intersex due to many abnormal physical symptoms for my AGAB but I'm not confirmed to be

[chaos-in-one]

Nah because lately I have seen so many people unironically say “AFABS can’t identify as transfem, only AMAB and intersex people can!” and like

It’s so telling that they don’t know jack shit about what being intersex is or is like Intersex people can be AFAB. In fact it’s SIGNIFICANTLY more common that intersex people are either AFAB or AMAB, only having that they’re intersex listed on their birth certificate and not having male or female put on there is really fucking rare in comparison to the number of intersex people who are AMAB or AFAB

Intersex =/= right in between male and female (in fact the intersex variation that is *exactly* in between the two does not exist in humans from what I understand)

Intersex =/= ambiguous genitalia

Intersex is a term that covers a wide variety of conditions. While there *are* intersex people who where born with ambiguous genitalia (many of which have surgery forced on them to make them fit more in the boxes of male and female so they can assign them one or the other at birth) a lot of intersex people also do not have that. There’s intersex people whose difference is in their hormones, or chromosomes, or gonads, in a way that doesn’t show an immediately obvious difference in genitalia. Hell, a lot of those groups of intersex people don’t have it confirmed that they are intersex for years, sometimes even DECADES. There are several variations that don’t show symptoms until puberty or adulthood, and some who don’t cause overtly outward symptoms at all and the only way people find out is through medical tests.

And guess what? It’s not particularly easy to get a test for that shit. A lot of doctors will not listen to patients who say they suspect they might be intersex unless they believe the person is being damaged by their symptoms. Hell, there’s intersex people who NEVER get diagnosed because of this.

So, long story short, if you think all intersex people are allowed to use a label (like the example given at the beginning), don’t say people of a certain AGAB can’t use the same label as a whole because intersex people can be either of the two binary AGABs.

#if I am wrong about this confirmed intersex people feel free to correct me #I suspect I am intersex due to many abnormal physical symptoms for my AGAB but I'm not confirmed to be #I honestly don't know how to bring it up w my doctor without just getting brushed off #I am starting to experience a few obvious negative symptoms related to sex related things though so I might have a reason to give the doctor #-soon if the symptoms keep happening #said symptoms have been showing for about half a year now but I haven't been tracking them properly so I have to wait till I can consistanly #track them before I feel I can go in for treatment and actually be taken seriously #last time I tried to call in going 'uh hey something is wrong and painful' they just brushed it off and said not to come back unless- #-the same symptom showed up in another context though so idk :/ #I will not be publicly sharing what symptom I am talking about because I don't want to give anyone clues to my agab