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A term for somatic intersex people who actively choose to highlight, amplify, or build upon intersex traits in ways that resist pressures to erase or "normalize" them, such as taking testosterone to encourage preexisting clitoromegaly, wearing a push-up bra to emphasize gynecomastia, dyeing a hirsutism beard or applying serums to it to promote growth, or otherwise leaning into what our bodies already do.

It is taking such pride in what society tries to hide that you go the opposite way—intersex traits are emphasized in a way that goes against the status quo.

If you're wondering whether something you've done falls under this term, ask yourself: does this augment, embrace, or build upon intersex variation, or does it diminish it in order to conform to a norm?

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