#cerí

• Friendly reminder bæddel, hermaphrodite, & futa are all slurs no matter the context.

• Intersex doesn't mean having a penis and vagina/cosexual/bigenital.

• When trans people go on about how "cis people get gender affirming care" "cis people get puberty blockers/hormones" etc, you are talking about intersex people. And most of the time we don't have the autonomy granted to us to choose. The same system oppresses us and forces us into the status quo. The only difference is for intersex people they are medically forced into one sex category, for the peritrans they are denied medical things to keep them in society's binaries. It's a lack of autonomy.

• IGM (intersex genital mutilation) is when doctors decide to genitally change intersex babies. These surgeries are only cosmetic, meaning the doctors do not care about how it functions, just the look.

• Every single anti trans law has made an exception for intersex people so they can continue oppressing us.

• Lying about being intersex doesn't make you safer. You as a trans dude lying about having gynemastica isn't making you safer. Intersex people are treated just as badly.

• Intersex people are still raped & mutilated by the medical system (yes even in '1st world' countries) and it's common practice.

• A species cannot be "all intersex", as being intersex refers to variations in ones sex.

• Whenever you see a "nonbinary" animal, it's usually just an intersex animal.

• Intersex people are not assigned "intersex" at birth, We usually still have AGABs, as AGAB was original used by doctors to refer to us. Additionally, an intersex person may be reassigned throughout life.

• SIG refers to socially imposed gender, for many intersex people they have an inconsistent socially imposed gender.

i was gunna get really philosophical and talk about how scary being trans can be and how important trans unity and community is for everyone but i think i'll leave it there. trans joy is beautiful. even thinking about the most dangerous situations being trans has put me in, how hard it is for me to be vocal about my own experiences in any depth at all, i still think being trans is such a beautiful thing. trans people are amazing and if you ever feel like you just wish you were cis and think you can just forget about being trans, do know better times can come. you can make the most out of todays world. its how we got here in the first place!

i'm not saying to come out to your transphobic parents or nothing, but i am saying never deny yourself of who you are. even if it can only be acknowledged internally, because who you are is beautiful. and being trans is not a curse or something miserable inherently. self acceptance is hard but it is a beautiful thing to try and come to. even if rn its only online or only behind closed doors. don't hide away from yourself. don't let anyone else tell you who or how to be. your journey is your own.

[this was srupid and probbaly nonsensical sorry -cerí , not an anon name just a sign off for me to know i posted this cuz i forget sometimes]

Someone using hermaphrodite, baeddel, futanari? (all slurs against us).. Say something.

Someone misunderstanding what intersex means? (thinks it bigenital, think its a 'third sex', etc).. Say something.

Someone thinks intersex people can't be trans, cant have an AGAB, have an 'easier' time transitioning, etc? Say something.

(specifically talking about types of ableism i see towards people who are physically disabled in a way that affects how they look as well.. though i'm sure it can be broadened into something else)

• a woman who's visibly disabled gets treated the same as children who are. infantalized and treated as if they have no agency over themselves. just a clueless wonder wondering the earth. abled people feel the need to overly try and ""compliment"" them, but end up just showing that they actually see it as a deformity and how they treat them makes THEM feel better about themselves. very inspo porn esque. you exist as a vessel for others to feel better about themselves and nothing else.. a manic pixie dream girl.

but men who are visibly disabled, however, are more typically demonized. people see them as ugly, but since they are not women, ableds do not feel the need to mask how they feel about their physical appearance and are cruel, insinuating the man must be cruel and evil and deserves ridicule. they are not a pure delicate flower who just happens to be disgusting, they are just disgusting in the ableds eyes. and they don't deserve agency over themselves, and nothing they ever do will change the preconceived notions about them.

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this is the same issue. just with one, abled bodied people feel like that, since somebody is presumably a woman, they have to mask how much they look down on disabled people and treat them like a lost puppy. something to be coddled and romanticized, as long as she never actually has a personality trait! or speaks about ableism! these people see women as inherently more pure and weak.