So there's something that needs to be said. I am hormonally intersex. At 9yo I mysteriously grew b-cups despite not being AFAB, and suffered other feminizing changes.
An intersex user in r/traa (may that subreddit rest in peace) who posted about the subject of intersex representation said in a comment on that post:
> Basically. That’s interesting, people with hormonal imbalances should also be considered intersex IMO.
and also said that hormonally intersex people are valid. So ultimately, going by definitions, I'm firmly hormonally intersex on top of the hypospadias. I actually can't medically do HRT or any surgeries that would remove anything below the belt (so to speak), so that means I can't *undo* that designator either even if I wanted to. I shelved the idea of doing HRT at all because some of its effects weren't something I wanted. A year later I learn I can't do it at all. Ironically I was salmacian/aphrodisian during my entire transfem era, but I didn't know that word. Oh how HiDef's development encompassed my transfem to nonbinary
story. Separately, I'm legally nonbinary on my ID, and I had no prior form of identification. So I'm truly insulated from people who assume that there are only 2 genders.
I hope this clarifies stuff.
2023 Update:
It turns out that I ALSO have epispadias (diagnosed formally on August 14th, 2023. In April 2023 I had noticed the secondary hole, and that was interpreted as hypospadias, but it turns out that my vantage point was upside down, so I have epispadias rather than hypospadias, but BOTH are intersex condtions), only proving my case further.
An intersex user in r/traa (may that subreddit rest in peace) who posted about the subject of intersex representation said in a comment on that post:
> Basically. That’s interesting, people with hormonal imbalances should also be considered intersex IMO.
and also said that hormonally intersex people are valid. So ultimately, going by definitions, I'm firmly hormonally intersex on top of the hypospadias. I actually can't medically do HRT or any surgeries that would remove anything below the belt (so to speak), so that means I can't *undo* that designator either even if I wanted to. I shelved the idea of doing HRT at all because some of its effects weren't something I wanted. A year later I learn I can't do it at all. Ironically I was salmacian/aphrodisian during my entire transfem era, but I didn't know that word. Oh how HiDef's development encompassed my transfem to nonbinary
story. Separately, I'm legally nonbinary on my ID, and I had no prior form of identification. So I'm truly insulated from people who assume that there are only 2 genders.
I hope this clarifies stuff.
2023 Update:
It turns out that I ALSO have epispadias (diagnosed formally on August 14th, 2023. In April 2023 I had noticed the secondary hole, and that was interpreted as hypospadias, but it turns out that my vantage point was upside down, so I have epispadias rather than hypospadias, but BOTH are intersex condtions), only proving my case further.
