i’m angry about the lack of awareness for us

its so frustrating knowing that there are millions of us and people cannot grasp the concept that we exist and that its not all a big joke. i’ve witnessed and experienced arguments that intersexuality isn’t real, or if it is, it must be hermaphroditism. and then they pull the 1.7% card as if that percentage of the population isn’t literally millions of people. not to mention the outrageous amount of undiagnosed people and variations. why can’t people just accept that sex and gender aren’t binary.

and if i want representation online i cant find it. i can count the number of intersex characters portrayed in media on my hands. social media has such limited rep too. i know we’re supposed to be the change we want to see in the world but it’s hard to do so when the vast majority respond with insensitivity and disbelief.

our own community (lgbtq+) can be very negative towards the intersex people too.