How should the TG community deal with intersexuals?
Intersexuals have in many cases had a rough time within the TG community, and this has led to many of them being wary of working with transgenderfolk. Hoping to build a firmer bridge between these two communities, many members of which overlap, I list here some of the major complaints that intersexuals have had:A. Don’t express envy directed to those of us who had “SRS” in childhood. The overwhelming majority of intersexuals that I know who had infant surgery are unhappy with their situation. Remember, this was done without consent and usually not as well as the average adult SRS. Many mutilated intersexuals have a host of medical problems and sexual dysfunctions as a side effect of what was done. Besides, just because you might want it doesn’t mean it’s good for everyone. (A corollary to this is not telling us how “lucky” we are if we at least pass as the gender you’d like to pass as, if indeed we do.)B. Don’t hit on intersexuals who come to conferences, support groups, and activist g
