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Intersex Survey
A place to compile results and share new surveys about intersex inclusion in the LGBTQ+ community.
Please feel free to share the results! All I ask is that this blog is credited!
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How to Use the Queer Book Master List
I have created a master list of queer fiction books which can be sorted and filtered by your preferences. However, many have asked how to use it - so I have created a quick guide below!
This is not like google sheets - any filters you create will only be shown to you and will disappear when you exit that screen. So feel free to mess around! I promise you won’t ruin anything.
Step 1: Open the database
Step 2: Select the “Create Your Own Filter” view on the left-hand side.
Step 3: Click “filter” on the top bar.
Step 4: Input any filters you would like to organize the files by. The screen will automatically update with books that fit into all of your specifications.
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Residential households in the U.S. can now order one set of 4 free at-home tests from USPS.com. Here’s what you need to know about your order:
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Consider taking this survey if you have PCOS & are 18+!
PCOS & Gender Identity Survey
Hi everyone! I’m currently holding a casual survey on how PCOS can impact someone’s gender.
Here’s a link to the survey! (NOTE: you must be 18+ years old and be diagnosed with PCOS to participate)
Speaking as someone diagnosed with PCOS, I know that it can have a large impact on your gender identity. I know this not only from my own experience, but from accounts from other people diagnosed with PCOS. Additionally, there is a debate on whether or not PCOS should be classified as an intersex condition.
Because PCOS can have such a profound impact on one’s gender identity, I wanted to hold this survey to determine how common it is for people with PCOS to not identify as cisgender. In addition to this, I wanted to determine how strongly PCOS can impact one’s gender identity.
I currently plan to hold this survey for a month (until August 12th, 2020). However, I may close the survey prematurely or extend it based on the number of responses I receive and the traffic on the survey. After I close the survey, I will post results to this blog. If you would like to keep updated on the results, feel free to follow me!
Regardless of whether or not you qualify to participate, please consider spreading the word about this survey!
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Hey there! I hope it's okay to ask this, but I was wondering how you gathered responses for your survey? I'm hosting a survey about PCOS & gender, and I wanna try to reach as many people as possible. I hope that's not rude of me to ask, I've never really done this before! Anyway, I hope you're doing well!
Hey, so sorry for the late response. So I did 4 things mainly.
1. I made this Tumblr account & shared it in popular community tags. I also shared it on my other blogs so that it could get reblogged.
2. I made a Twitter account & shared it in popular community tags, encouraged people to retweet etc.
3. Put it in a discord channel & asked people to reblog/retweet/share.
4. I went to reddit & shared in a couple different subs with the moderators permission. There's a really good one that's just for surveys called r/SampleSize.
My survey wasn't intended to make any community decisions or used academically. So while stuff like this, kinda like snowball sampling, can be used for an official survey, I wouldn't suggest it if you plan to use it outside of just curiosity.
Feel free to tag me in it & I will probably reblog! I'm also a part of a couple Facebook PCOS so maybe you could ask the admins if it's okay to share there.
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I somehow stumbled across the person who was freaking out about this survey saying it would only be shared amongst my friends so it would be skewed.
I got 40,000+ responses so I'm glad they think I have that many friends.
Either way I'll be working on more results soon! Life has been busy.
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If I do make another survey, maybe I’ll include this discourse in it because it’s more relevant to intersex issues than some of the other stuff included?
Honestly I’m still not sure if I will make a new survey. Obviously there has been a lot of harassment because of my survey but our community is so interesting and diverse.
Okay here’s why you should stop using the word “androgynous” if you’re perisex
(And other related words)
The word “androgynous” and “androgyny” was originally made to refer to intersex people, and is defined with an interphobic slur (hermaphrodite). The current meaning that many perisex people use is still interphobic even if they don’t mean it to be.
This is a definition for the word androgynous. The definition reads, “partly male and partly female in appearance; of indeterminate sex.” Underneath that it reads, “DATED, having the physical characteristics of both sexes; hermaphrodite.”
That’s the definition that pulls up when you first google “androgynous.” I’m going to focus on the “dated” definition first, and then move on to discuss why the “modern” meaning is interphobic still. Obviously the dated definition is clearly defined as meaning intsersex individuals as it’s literally defined with a slur that refers to intersex individuals. And it isn’t just here that it claims that, here’s some more sources that describe “androgynous” as referring to intersex individuals.
“When androgyny refers to mixed biological sex characteristics in humans, it often refers to intersex people.” [source]
“Androgyny, condition in which characteristics of both sexes are clearly expressed in a single individual. In biology, androgyny refers to individuals with fully developed sexual organs of both sexes, also called hermaphrodites… Androgynous figures occurred frequently in Greek mythology, often embodying a blend of desirable male and female characteristics. The blind seer Tiresias, a figure of great wisdom, was sometimes depicted as a hermaphrodite.” [source]
“both male and female in one; hermaphroditic” [source]
“being both male and female; hermaphroditic.” [source]
“Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.” [source]
“Synonyms for androgynous… hermaphrodite” “It is said to be androgynous or hermaphrodite—hence its peculiarly sacred character.” [source]
Okay, I think that gets my point across about this definition being quite common and well known, and labeled as such on basically every dictionary website. Now you might say “bUt jEaN, thAts tHe BioLoGy dEfiNitiOn!!!1!1!” as if that somehow doesn’t make it less harmful. Well in that case, let’s start by taking a look at the roots of the word “androgynous.”
Keep in mind this is from Wikipedia but you can look at the sources on it if for some reason you doubt it. “The adjective use [of androgyny] dates from the early 17th century and is itself derived from the older French… and English… term androgyne. The terms are ultimately derived from Ancient Greek: ἀνδρόγυνος, from ἀνήρ, stem ἀνδρ- (anér, andro-, meaning man) and γυνή (gunē, gyné, meaning woman) through the Latin: androgynus, The older word form androgyne is still in use as a noun with an overlapping set of meanings.”
So to define that in simple terms, we’ll just say that the word “androgynous” comes from the words “man” and “woman” mashed together. That’s how many people view intersex individuals (unfortunately), as being a combination of both men and women. Obviously that’s untrue and extremely interphobic to reduce us down to that, but it is common knowledge that some intersex individuals can have both “male and female” reproductive parts (I am/was one of those intersex individuals). If you don’t believe me on that then I guess you’ll just have to do your own research because I’m not about to give a lesson on everything intersex.
Besides the biological usage of the word, intersex individuals are embedded in the history of “androgynous.” For example, from the wikipedia page, “Androgyny among humans… is attested to from earliest history and across world cultures. In ancient Sumer, androgynous and hermaphroditic men were heavily involved in the cult of Inanna.”
Here’s another piece of information about the word in which it is compared to the same interphobic slur in philosophy. “The philosophical concept of the “Universal Androgyne” (or “Universal Hermaphrodite”) – a perfect merging of the sexes that predated the current corrupted world and/or was the utopia of the next – also plays a central role in Rosicrucian doctrine… and in philosophical traditions such as Swedenborgianism and Theosophy.”
Now if you somehow don’t think historical definitions are as important as “modern” ones, let’s go back to what I mentioned earlier about androgynous meaning “man and woman” and what many people view intersex as. In the image of the first definition you see, the first part of the definition stated “ partly male and partly female in appearance.” That’s also how I’ve seen many individuals use the term, to refer to being “in-between the sexes.”
The implication of this modern definition is that people want to look like they cannot be distinguished from male or female, or that they have both qualities. That goes directly back to the roots of the word and saying that they want to look like they’re intersex. So even if people are not wanting to sound interphobic, by using this word they are promoting interphobic ideals, a word that is defined by a slur, and has a historical background and modern background in referring to intersex individuals.
Now I’ve seen several perisex people use the word “androgyne” to describe their gender, and I’d just like to state that it’s literally the same thing as saying “androgynous” and if you are perisex you should most definitely not be using that word to describe yourself. The nonbinary wiki even admits, “Historically, an androgyne has been a word for an intersex person, and this use of that word is not obsolete.” [source] They try to state that gender identity and sex is different- which is correct, but it’s not an excuse to use intersex words and slurs to define your gender if you are perisex.
The term intergender is also not an acceptable word to use if you are perisex considering how closely it sounds to intersex and let’s be honest, it’s literally a rip-off of the word intersex. The prefix “inter” means “in-between” or “both,” again claiming that they are both male and female (an interphobic defintion). In fact, according to the nonbinary wiki, “the old definition and Aeshling’s definition agree that “intergender” means a gender identity between female and male, one which may be a mix of both.” [source] One of the creators of the terms, Donna Lynn Matthews, was not even intersex yet thought it was okay to steal a term from intersex individuals.
[source] for the original definition of the term being interphobic and using interphobic language. [source] again for proof of Matthews being perisex and for using interphobic language.
Moving back onto the term “androgynous” specifically… you might be saying now, “but Jean, so many people use this word and they don’t mean it in an interphobic manner! So I can keep using it, right?” WRONG!! The history of this word is still extremely important, and it’s up to perisex people (the ones who stole our terms) to fix this. We had this word used against us as a slur for centuries, and it’s still defined as a slur, so the least you can do is stop using this word in your vocabulary, to boost intersex voices, and to inform others of the interphobia embedded in the history and modern definition of this word.
Now that you know that the term androgynous, androgyne, and intergender should all not be used, what are some other words you can use? First of all, you do have the ability to coin terms and it should not be intersex people’s jobs to do the work for perisex people who steal terminology and try to erase the history of slurs. Secondly, here’s some examples: gender neutral, neutral, GNC, ambiguous, etc.
Now stop using this word :) If you’re perisex and you have a problem with this post, shut up and learn to listen to intersex people. If you’re intersex and you have a problem with this post, maybe you should work on your internalized interphobia and do some research, because the harmful nature of this word is very, very clear. This post isn’t meant to “gatekeep” anybody, it’s informing people of the history of an intersex word.
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These anons are so weird? They don't specify what beef they have with you, and try to undermine your points on stuff, without being clear what bothers them? Like what?
It’s frustrating because I get these type of questions a lot and I really wish people just had..constructive comments. Sometimes they are well intentioned but like.. I have no idea what they’re talking about and when I ask for clarification it sometimes devolve into “you know what you did!”
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Hello! I just wanted to say, i feel bad for you receiving hate for this survey and people making awful assumptions about you! (Don't know how much help this can be, but hey, sonething positive to balance the negative, right?) Hang in there
Thank you! :)
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If I did, I would have one, said they were TERFs instead of explicitly saying that I couldn’t look who specifically was a TERF.
And two, used an entirely different group of people.. like anyone who selected an “exclusive” view on ANY of the questions instead of pinpointing the question about trans women explicitly.
listen, western gender roles aren't the last word on gender identities. many of us come from cultures/countries where what americans think of as trans women aren't women, they're a third gender. i don't believe those are automatically transmisogynist views. but my point was exclusionists aren't the same as terfs so label accordingly.
I didn’t label exclusionists as TERFs so I did label accordingly by your standards?
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listen, western gender roles aren't the last word on gender identities. many of us come from cultures/countries where what americans think of as trans women aren't women, they're a third gender. i don't believe those are automatically transmisogynist views. but my point was exclusionists aren't the same as terfs so label accordingly.
I didn’t label exclusionists as TERFs so I did label accordingly by your standards?
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terf stands for trans exclusionary radical feminist. if you mean reactionary exclusionist gatekeeper, say reg. labeling anyone a terf because they disagree with queer community opinions is a transmisogynist microaggression.
Which instance are you referring to? Because if you’re talking about the data set I just published, I mentioned they may not all be TERFs, because I did not explicitly ask about TERFs, but came from a data set that held transmisogynistic views.
Edit: I was specifically looking at people who were excluding trans women from women’s spaces and womanhood. I did not ask if people were feminists, radical feminists, or the like, so I couldn’t outright say if anyone was a TERF..so i didn’t.
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I don't understand why that anon said that we intersex-inclusionists were ableist or saying intersexuation isn't a medical condition (which we do say) and that we can't be female or male (which we don't say, loking at the numbers here). I'm genuinely confused that they came to this conclusion, is there some data missing from your reply to them that would confirm their saying?
This is where their question is stemming from I’m assuming. Warning, this links back to a TERF’s blog.
What’s interesting is I didn’t even compare what intersex inclusionists vs exclusionists said they couldn’t know it was only inclusionists saying it. I think they’re upset that it’s a mixed bag.
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Could i have results from terfs in terms of all inclusion politics you may have asked (intersex, aspec inclusion) and any trans/nonbinary questions you may have asked?
As mentioned previously, I did not outright ask who identified as TERFs. They tend to not ascribe to this term (some even say it’s a slur) so it may not have given us accurate data.
However, there is one question that might give us insight and is what I’ll be basing this on from the 5,000 responses. They may not all be TERFs but they do at some levels hold trans-misogynistic views specifically.
5,000 Responses
General Results
Suggestions & Questions
I asked “What is your stance on trans women being included in women’s spaces?”
0.7% of respondents said that they do believe they are women but should NOT be included
1.0% of respondents said that they do NOT believe they are women and should NOT be included
0.2% of respondents said that they do NOT believe they are women and should be included
This combined is equal to 1.9% of respondents. This is what I will be comparing to the rest of the questions you asked about, so please note when I say “these respondents” this 1.9% is who I am referring to.
I plan on doing a full data set with these respondents, but for right now I’ve just kept this to the basic inclusion questions. I would highly suggest comparing these to the general 5,000 responses as there are some significant changes in the statistics.
Viewing Intersex People as LGBTQ+ on the Basis of Being Intersex:
16.0% of these respondents said that they do believe intersex individuals belong in the LGBTQ+ community on the basis of being intersex
62.8% of these respondents said that they do NOT believe intersex individuals belong in the LGBTQ+ community on the basis of being intersex
21.3% of these respondents said that they were unsure if they believe intersex individuals belong in the LGBTQ+ community on the basis of being intersex
In Regards to Ace Discourse:
25.5% of these respondents identified as ace inclusionsts
60.6% of these respondents identified as ace exclusionists
13.9% of these respondents were unsure if they identified as ace inclusionists or ace exclusionists
In Regards to Aro Discourse:
24.5% of these respondents identified as aro inclusionsts
62.8% of these respondents identified as aro exclusionists
12.7% of these respondents were unsure if they identified as aro inclusionists or aro exclusionists
In Regards to Queer as a Personal Identity:
31.9% of these respondents said that Queer is a valid identity and they don’t mind if people use it
8.5% of these respondents said that Queer is a valid identity but they don’t like if people use it
16.0% of these respondents said that Queer is NOT a valid identity but they don’t mind if people use it
32.9% of these respondents said that Queer is a NOT valid identity and they don’t like if people use it
10.7% of these respondents said that they were unsure where they stood on Queer as a personal identity
In Regards to Trans Men in Men’s Places:
8.5% of these respondents said that they believe they are men and should be included
27.8% of these respondents said that they believe they are men but should not be included
12.8% of these respondents said that they do not believe they are men but should be included
44.7% of these respondents said that they do not believe they are men and should not be included
6.2% of these respondents said that they were unsure where they stood on trans men being in men’s spaces
In Regards to Dysphoria Being Necessary to be Transgender:
8.5% of these respondents said that they do not believe that dysphoria is necessary to be transgender
55.3% of these respondents said that they believe dysphoria is necessary to be transgender
25.5% of these respondents said that they believe dysphoria is necessary to be transgender however they respect people’s identities
10.7% of these respondents said that they were unsure where they stood on dysphoria being necessary to be transgender
In Regards to Identities Outside of Society’s Binary:
11.7% of these respondents said that they believe these identities are real
63.8% of these respondents said that they believe these identities are not real
20.2% of these respondents said that they believe that some but not all of these identities are real
4.3% of these respondents said that they were unsure where they stood on identities outside of society’s binary
#terf#transmisogyny#trans discourse#ace discourse#aro discourse#intersex discourse#results#Anonymous#long post
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i was just wondering what percentage of people identified as both aromantic and asexual, if you don't mind C:
Going off of 5,000 responses:
14.2% of respondents identified themselves as aromantic/aro spectrum
32.4% of respondents identified themselves as asexual/ace spectrum
11.5% of respondents identified themselves as both aromantic/aro spectrum and asexual/ace spectrum
Hope this helps!
5,000 Responses
General Results
Suggestions & Questions
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Oh shoot, just realized I forgot to include a comment on my response that it would be nice if the questions about "How many of this type of person have you met?" had options to say "Unsure" or specifically said "If you are unsure, just give your best estimate."
Thank you! If there is a future survey I may change the wording to this. I tried to convey that but i guess it wasn’t 100% clear and I have received similar responses. This however has given a good response of how to still collect data.
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:/ The internalized ableism of others with disorders of sex development is difficult to read. So afraid of unnecessary medical interventions they'll fall for perisex lies we're completely healthy just so we can't demand better research and evidence-based symptom management.
As I’ve shared the data already, I’ll share my opinion briefly.
Again, something the community is very divided on. Maybe some have some internalized ableism, or people could just think this way without that and have agency. I am personally struggling agree with your stance that perisex people are saying we are healthy. They are the one’s preforming surgeries on us, usually unnecessary, and it’s mainly intersex people are the ones pushing to get these banned.
I don’t disagree that more research could be done for our health.. but to me it’s the same researching into different ages and how to better help them. Being intersex is not unnatural and doesn’t need to be fixed, I just think everyone needs individualized healthcare.
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