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@RFKHumanRights @KerryKennedyRFK, I read your statement, ref @jk_rowling, with mounting shock and horror.
In your wild dash to kneel at the altar of bigotry, you chose to take along intersex as your sacrificial lamb - like so many have done before you. 1/
In your wild dash to kneel at the altar of bigotry, you chose to take along intersex as your sacrificial lamb - like so many have done before you. 1/
The science is indeed 'clear and concise' - biological sex in humans is a dimorphic binary and intersex proves that. In fact, our medical conditions are sex specific which is how we can be diagnosed. By perpetuating the myth that sex isn't binary, you other us 2/
and feed directly into a climate of Intersex Genital Mutilation. Our blood is on your hands.
You link to an article by Fausto-Sterling who, in her own right, has caused us so much damage. This is the person who used our often traumatic medical conditions to 'prove' there were 3/
You link to an article by Fausto-Sterling who, in her own right, has caused us so much damage. This is the person who used our often traumatic medical conditions to 'prove' there were 3/
three, four, five, even six, other sexes. She later admitted that was a 'joke'. Sadly, we've suffered the indignity of being seen as non-humans ever since.
She also invokes John Money in that article, but fails to mention he is our Josef Mengele. His experimental butchering 4/
She also invokes John Money in that article, but fails to mention he is our Josef Mengele. His experimental butchering 4/
of David Reimer gave birth to the horrors many intersex babies still undergo today.
But even worse, if such were possible, you use the phrase 'the sex assigned at birth'. Clearly, you don't care that nobody is 'assigned a sex at birth' except for those babies born with extreme 5/
But even worse, if such were possible, you use the phrase 'the sex assigned at birth'. Clearly, you don't care that nobody is 'assigned a sex at birth' except for those babies born with extreme 5/
genital ambiguity. It is intersex terminology and a synonym for IGM.
Let me be clear, NO other babies have EVER been 'assigned a sex at birth'. That you are willing to perpetuate this myth is truly sickening. Our pain, trauma, and bloodshed, are not badges for endosex people. 6/
Let me be clear, NO other babies have EVER been 'assigned a sex at birth'. That you are willing to perpetuate this myth is truly sickening. Our pain, trauma, and bloodshed, are not badges for endosex people. 6/
You demean, denigrate, and dismiss us and all we have endured and continue to endure.
You're welcome to your personal opinion of @jk_rowling, though it's clear you have not read or understood what she has said - despite quoting her extensively.
7/
You're welcome to your personal opinion of @jk_rowling, though it's clear you have not read or understood what she has said - despite quoting her extensively.
7/
All you have achieved is to tarnish the reputation of the organisation you lead. /end
#IntersexMatters #EndIntersexSurgery #OurPainIsNotYourBadge
#IntersexMatters #EndIntersexSurgery #OurPainIsNotYourBadge
