Clown Vore

When I say I want to see more intersex representation in art and characters and headcanons, this is what I mean. This is so wonderful I love this, and I'm not even super big into Pokémon. This is a perfect example of intersex representation in non-human characters as well. I always get asks talking about whether species with different sexual dimorphism are automatically intersex, or whether a shapeshifter is intersex, whether aliens are intersex. I also get asks about whether or not it's possible for characters that aren't human to be intersex, or if its disrespectful to call an animal intersex if they have variant sex characteristics. And, all of these questions come from a place of deeply misunderstanding what intersex means. An individual of any species could be intersex, but an entire species is not intersex.

Hey, if you have half a minute and care about the LGTBQIA+ community in the EU, I'd suggest you take a look at this initiative to ban conversion therapies in the EU.

Hey perisex artist/writer! yes, you! No, your character's entire made up species being physically hermaphroditic does not make them intersex. There is no such thing as an "entirely intersex species". That is not how being intersex works. Being intersex means deviating from the "standard" sex categorization. If an entire species shares the same hermaphroditic characteristics they are not intersex, they just literally only have one hermaphroditic sex. Just because it doesnt fit human sex standards doesn't make it intersex, it's literally a different species.

I need to run a survey really quick. This isn't serious, but I need people to cooperate and not cheat for the sake of it because it'll skew the results.