This is precisely why UA-cam needs to ditch restricted mode. People your age SHOULD have access to this information if you wish to learn about it. Good for you for educating yourself.
Randomly I am too, I'm 15 and I'm trans, and find it horrible that these kinds of things happen to intersex babies with no idea of what happened it's so wrong
you are such a wonderful soul. I'm so glad I found you. My daughter is intersex and I'm proud of it. so glad I can now be part of this community! i can't wait to come to a conference
Noov Cats ;( really not your fault you were born different. Do what makes you feel most comfortable and happy. You can't make everyone happy but you can be happy.
Noov Vlog that isn’t fair, ur condition was medical, ur parents shouldn’t even hate u in the slightest! Honestly when an intersex child grows up, it should be their decision how they want to identify themselves.
You turn that around on everyone - you make them feel ashamed that they are not intersex - you own it! Walk around with your head held high, strut it! I dreamed I was naked at school, I strutted around and made them all feel ashamed and stupid they weren't naked, soon all my peeps were naked (yuck) but that was my dream lol. You just take that freaky and love it and show it off! Did you see Pidgeon's t-shirts? Owning it! Hugs and Love! You are special and its okay :o)
I am a 69-year-old male. And I didn’t know there were that many intersex people . Thank you for teaching me. Let me say, that you have the greatest personality, and you are such a sweet person. You are beautiful. Thank you so much for teaching me and filling me in on the subject. Take care.❤
im intersex and i want to thank you for speaking out about this difficult topic! it's really hard for me to talk about my experiences, and it's amazing what you're doing! i live in chicago too and I had no idea the children hospital performed those type of surgeries. all the best, l
Couldn't you sue the doctors? I am so mad ..... This is so terrible. I am so glad that you are fighting for your rights. I believe we can change such oppressive systems together.
Niharika Parashar I was going to ask the same thing. They definitely should sue. I don’t care how many years it has been the doctor lied and was not truthful.
The problem (I believe, correct me if I’m wrong) is that you can’t sue because this shit is legal. The parents had to sign a bunch of forms to give the doctors consent to do this to their child, and in those forms were a bunch of legal stuff making it impossible to sue the doctors because the parents signed them saying that everything they were doing was okay.
@@corawood2353 Of course surgery is legal. Further, some genital cutting in the United States is legal (such as Male Genital Mutilation and intersex "correction" surgery. That does not, however, grant doctors immunity from malpractice suits. It's malpractice to knowingly harm a patient. With full knowledge that the he (the genital cutter calling himself a doctor) planned to do a radical citorectemy (removing the outside and the root of the clitoris), the doctor told the parents that he was using a "new" procedure (a lie) and that he was just going to shorten the clitoris to make it cosmetically more appealing (a lie). It's not informed consent for a parents to agree to one procedure and have a doctor preform another procedure that he'd planned on doing the whole time. I saw a documentary about 10 years back where the parents of a boy had refused to have him castrated to turn him into a girl. His genitals were intersexed but, he thought of himself as a boy and was about 5 years old. The doctor talked the parents into some minor surgery to "correct" something the doctor thought was wrong. During the surgery the doctor castrated the boy. The parents sued for malpractice and won big money in a settlement.
Kelly T I don't agree, because things that are really medically necessary (cleft phalate, heart problems etc.) I believe there needs to be a better education for parents on which procedures are really not necessary on children!
it should be illegal to perform unnecessary surgeries on a child before they can be properly educated to consent, especially cosmetic surgeries. it's absolutely horrific how much some doctors bullshit parents into thinking unnecessary surgeries are necessary. i had a long talk with my cousin the other day who just had a beautiful baby boy. the doctors wanted to take him in to fix his "protruding ears". nothing functionally wrong with them, just not "aesthetically normal". i am so glad she talked to me before going in for the consultation because i sent her in with a whole arsenal of questions. what it came down to was them arguing his quality of life would be decremented by kids teasing him. WE DON'T SOLVE BULLYING BY CONFORMING THE VICTIM TO A TEMPLATE NORM! especially without said victim's consent. we going to start giving babies nose jobs now? and on top of it all, surgery on intersex children is irreversible. they choose a box to fit the child into and if they don't fit? welp, whoopsie daisy not only are more surgeries required but there's no way of rebuilding what they might have once had. not to mention that their decision making often resolves to what's easiest, mainly chopping things off.
My parents were given a choice when I was born to have a risky eye surgery because my eyes were crossed and it was really a 50-50 chance that I would lose my sight or I would be able to see I have a normal life. They did the surgery I can see and have a normal life. If they waited until I could have consented I would have already been blind
Dang, I wish I realized that I'm intersex three years ago when I lived in Chicago, so I could have reached out. You would have been the first person I had met who is intersex and an activist. I didn't truly know about AIS until I was 26 and wanted to join the military. 😒
Elle_XY I saw your video about that. It would have been nice to have met you 🤗 question: do you know about the aisdsd.org support group? there is an in person support group conference every year in a different city. next summer it's going to be in arizona. you should come :) there's also an online support group if you're not able to come. oh, if you do come, make sure to apply for a scholarship if you need it.
I am part if the AIS/DSD support group on Facebook but I'm not actually registered... I wanted to get involved with Inter/Act but I've been so busy lately and work odd hours, so I couldn't even get in on the Google hangouts. I know the conference was in Colorado this past year and wanted to go, especially since I have an AIS friend who lives in the Denver area. Arizona might not happen because I'm leaving the country to go teach English in Thailand. Lol. Not sure when I'll be back to visit the States.
Pidgeon, your deeply wise innocence and honesty warms the heart. Your attitude, in the face of what you were put through before having any notion of what was going on, is downright majestic!
You are such a strong person. Putting your story out there for intersex people to see. Every intersex person that sees this will now know that they're not alone. Much love and respect for you Pidgeon. ❤️
I am so sorry this all happened to you Pigeon. I am looking and listening to this in 2024 and finding out so much about intersex. I am not intersex myself. But having a gay son and a daughter who may be exploring, I am open. I just want to say these videos are well done by you. It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there. And in spite of everything you are living life and informing others. I wish you all the best and please keep the information coming. People should know intersex exists and that they should never be fixed without their consent. If they want to be how they were born, then that is okay and that society needs to change not them. Stay happy and keep preaching!
Please tell me what to do! I am a heterosexual cis woman so I have no idea what you or people in the LGTB community have to deal with or how to help, but I would like to :/
+Kim Wilkin I totally agree with you. Being in the Medical Profession myself i have seen many such circumstances & situations that could have probably resulted in a better way. Doctors are humans too. They could'nt hv just left Pigeon in that situation. It was their job to fix it. In that century & time they probably did the best they could for a child, so that baby could grow up to live a normal life like everyone else. But maybe things didn't work out in the best possible way. Pigeon, you are special in your own way. U'r amazing, healthy & a fighter. Just never give up on who You are!
Thanks for these videos. People are so misinformed and ignorant (including myself tbh). Sometimes it's like intersex people aren't even people, and it's more comfortable for people to believe that than to admit that there are exceptions to their rules. I'm not intersex (as far as I know) but I'm nonbinary. Over the years I've had a few nonbinary friends who only found out they were intersex AFTER coming out as nonbinary. It's pretty crazy.
I hope I put it right, otherwise sb correct me please. Non-binary means that you identify outside the binary categories of female/male. Seeing those categories as something potentially oppressive and ignorant of even the reality of ppl who don't fit those two categories biologically or emotionally/mentally/on the level of the soul..
I try to made this comment in english but isn't my first language so maybe i have some mistake but i need say something. I'm speechless after had seen this 3 parts about you being intersex. I thought that we have multiples genders but only two sexes and i never get to understood intersex people but thanks to you i realize that "binary"" don't exist on people. All of the things that we thought that are for men and for women are completely a social contruct until human body. Thanks again for share your story and offer all of this information and links.
love this! people need to understand that everything they think is “normal” and what “should be” is part of an outdated, suppressing social construct that doesn’t even make sense
All intersex people are either male or female. This is biological reality. Technically pigeon is biologically male with differences in sexual development. That doesnt take away from the binary of male and female in any way.
As you told the story my shock, then rage all became tears that are still running. I can't stop thinking of a little four year old baby lying in a hospital bed, pre-op, with so much faith in "the grown ups".....ugh.. this was a mutilation of a sweet little child. Grown adults looking at a little child's genitalia and a) manipulating/lying to parents using their greatest weakness, their child's health, and then b) surgically deforming that child... it's vile. a tragic horror. You didn't deserve any of that. Even without your bravery and confidence that is so amazing you developed, you are so wonderful and always were since the moment you were born. I am so, so sorry...
Doctors use that with normal kids all the time too, since the day they are born: vaccination and other bullshit tests and meds. For doctors children are not humans but test subjects. Almost everybody on the planet has been affected by this and we are all victims. All we can do now is protect our children and their children.
How awful! They needed to leave your body alone! I can't believe they (doctors) kept putting your body through this sort of surgery (mutilation). This makes me so sad.
I'm really sorry this happened to you. I'm a medical student and your story so extremely valuable, we definitely did not learn any of this in medical school. I'm not sure if maybe eventually gets taught later in training as medical fellows go further to specialize to handle these types of conditions, hopefully they do now. But either way, I'm so grateful I am learning about this so much earlier because of your story. Thank you so much.
I just finished Dr. Farah's Explore Chicago class at DePaul and she uses your final project proposal as a part of the curriculum. I loved reading about your story and your passion to share it! Then, you show up in my recommended videos on youtube. Amazing! I hope you've allowed Dr. Farah to share your paper and you're not totally pissed now. I love that you're using your voice and story to resonate with others. Congrats on all your success!
You are so brave for sharing such intimate details of your life. I get annoyed when people ask what I'm reading. This is a truly fascinating subject and I'm glad you are raising awareness, Pidgeon.
I'm so sorry Pigeon, this is tragic. A clitorectomy and vaginaplasty? I feel so bad for you not to have a clitoris. Plus there is so much silence and ignorance and shame about the clitoris in general that some teenagers don't even know what a clitoris is, and others like you can't find theirs.
I've never heard anyone say it was hard to find the clitoris or read anything about that when I was growing up. I have heard people say they couldn't find the G Spot or that it is hard to find.... but not the clitoris
I'm happy I stumbled across these videos. I'm also intersex (Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome). Snuggling with myself currently. Being intersex, Non-Binary, Pansexual and POC is hard sometimes. It's nice to see advocacy and representation.
I love that you are so understanding of where your parents were in this process. I would have been like them, trusting the doctors and only wanting to keep you healthy and "safe". They didn't know. As a mother, you will die for your child and fear can make you believe the wrong person. I'm learning from your experience so thank you for being brave enough to share it
bringing it back to fighting all oppression is just... you are an amazing person. you have been through a lot and to see how you are so empathetic and self aware and able to connect the dots across many issues.... humanity is lucky to have people like you. and your dog is cute af btw.
Pidgeon im sorry you went throug all that. ☹️ I am a junior doctor in the Uk (qualified for one year). I can assure you that medicine is not as paternalistic as this anymore, (at least in the Uk). If this happened here today, your parents would be told everything. I hope you get your faith back at least if not in humans, in God
I am happy that there is a platform where you are able to help inform people and educate them about this. Thank you for your candor and positive image, as well as your willingness to put yourself out there! - Rock
Anyone who does not understand or expect humans needs to watch your videos you are so sweet and a great example to explain what people do not understand
I already agreed with my boyfriend that our future kids, whether they are born female, male or intersex, will have NO cosmetic/pseudomedicinal procedures taken on their genitals EVER. This is just so gross and wrong. I am sorry that you had to experience all that.
5:30 to get to the content about the actual clitorectomy. No offence meant. Having watched the first two videos, I was just very eager to get to the conversation involving the clitorectomy. These mutilations (because that is what they are, not legitimate surgeries) are unacceptably vile and disgusting. 1.5 centimeters? That's barely over half an inch, ridiculous and disgusting. I am glad that we live in a time when research is so easy. I imagine that in the 80s, it would be difficult to find information on being intersex. Today it's as easy as an internet search.
Nomopoly; clitoris is also on the inside. If someone would ditch you for your genetalia, they are assholes. And why would they need to cather to the desires of some hetero men? I don't even know if they like hetero men.
Thank you so much for telling your story. You are bold to discuss confidently things that so many people have arbitrarily decided should be taboo and awkward. Thanks for being honest and straightforward. I hope that my generation of parents will be more informed, demand better care for their kids, and embrace kids for who they know they are.
you don"t look like 30. you look like between 16 -20 years old. The doctors shouldn't of even tuched you until you grew up and decided for yourself. and they should of been more truthful with your parents. You are soo brave i hope the best for you.
I'm currently pregnant and I'm so sick of hearing "is it a boy or a girl?" It's like people are invalidating intersex individuals and they justify it by saying only the binary genders are normal. Yes, it's true that being intersex is rare, but female and male aren't the only normal things a person can be. If my child does turn out to be intersex, I refuse to make decisions on their behalf. I fully believe in the person being able to give their consent. Edit: I mean making decisions such as getting them surgeries to alter or remove body parts they were born with.
You sharing your story is such a brave thing to do! I’m so glad you did it, because you are educating non intersex people, letting other intersex people know they aren’t alone! Overall you are just an amazing person, and 100% too cute to be binary.
Wow. I am so sorry that you had to go through all of this. What a screwed up system! No matter what, you are a beautiful person and you are educating so many about intersex people. Keep it up! New subscriber here. :-)
I am really glad you are speaking out on this. It's utterly horrid that you and other babies had to endure this and have to deal with this. As a mother of 5 I could have never put my babies though this. And you look only 19 years old. Absolutely beautiful person and soul. I admire your attitude and boldness!
Hi there, I watched this video for my women's studies class and I'm so glad I found it. I'm terribly sorry to learn that this happened to you, and I promise I'll do my best to spread information about this subject. You're a charismatic, well-spoken and gorgeous individual. Keep it up!
Pidgeon - you've done a really good job explaining something I, and probably most have never understood; making me have sympathy/empathy for the plight of intersex babies and children/adults in this misunderstood category of gender and disgust at those doctors who play god just for the desire to fit slot a into slot b and misleading parents and patients because they are too "busy" to care about feelings as they just want a male to match male and a female to match female. However I know they are now trying to change that in many places here in the US, lets hope they move along quicker for the health of these 1 in 2000 babies every year. Your video should help future parents in their decision making process, to get tests and carefully question doctors and maybe even letting their child alone until their child decides their gender - that would be the BeST case scenario! Thank you for sharing from your own personal experience! This is invaluable!
It’s really nice you are making these videos I feel like growing up I have been unintentionally ignorant to so many things even towards my own identification as a lesbian and it’s nice to have a platform like UA-cam where not only can I get educated on these not talked about things but also hear first hand stories because without personal accounts it’s hard to navigate what is true and what isn’t especially on a topic like intersex that clearly has a lot of misinformation being distributed by even doctors
That is so incredibly messed up...they messed up your body. I would understand if there was a problem and you needed surgery but there was no problem here, they just tried to change you to fit into a box. I stand by intersex people and anyone who's been abused or oppressed.
I've never, ever ever heard another intersex person explain their journey. I'm speechless, pidgeon. I've been so ashamed my whole life, and I'm only beginning to realize how cool my body is. Thank you, your amazing, just speaking is amazing. Thank you so much
Very enlightening video. Your experience made me very sad. I can't imagine going through that situation. I'm glad you are a happy (and living) person now. It's amazing you support Black Lives Matter and other movements led by people of color. It would be also great if you talk about the overlap between intersex and non binary people's experiences. Love you and your shirt
It is indeed a great idea but it isn't mine. I saw a video of Lane S talking about the overlap of being intersex and non binary. Watching the video I realized the amount of transphobia that exists in the intersex community and the discrimination towards intersex people that exists in the non binary community. Sad but apparently true :(
Watching these all in a row is amazing not just because of your story, but how you grow in telling it! I can see you getting more comfortable talking in front of the camera :)
omg.. I've subscribed and I have to take a moment before I hear anymore of this story.. Jesus Christ. Too much too much. But thank you so much for being so open and honest. I've learned a lot. I've always been curious about what it means to be intersex. Now I know. You are really smart and explain very well. I look forward to watching more. Extra cute too.. xoxo
Thank you so much for these videos pidgeon! I have struggled emmensely in my own life from genital mutilation and I am so in awe of how you're making videos on this issue and educating so many people all over the Internet! One day would you possibly be able to talk about circumcision of male babies in the USA? And maybe any advice you have on how intactivists (activists against non consensual circumcision) and intersex activists can work together to stop all forms of non consensual genital cutting? Thank you again, I love your videos :)
God, this is so messed up. I'm in uni right now hoping to go into the medical field, and as i keep learning about all of this "state sanctioned violence" as you put it, it's so disheartening but at the same time continues to drive me to talk to people and make them aware about medically unnecessary surgeries, especially on children. Whether it's something as common and bening seeming as male circumcision on newborns or completely unnecessary surgeries like the ones you were subjected to, if the person cannot or willing consent and their life isn't at risk, the surgery shouldn't be done. Violating someones bodily autonomy like that is never, ever okay. I can't imagine the struggles you've must've gone through. Thank you for sharing your story❤stay strong
I am horrified an so sorry this happened to you! I was un aware and have found myself educated in many realms. I'm just mind blown for your bravery, eloquence and uniting for a great cause.
I'm so sorry these things happened to you against your will, without your concent. It's seriously fucked up. I hope E you are in the process of suing the shit out of the doctors for malpractice! I have been reading about this topic for a very long time. This isn't as new or rare as they act.That's bull shit, they're playing stupid. It seems I know more about this subject than doctors who are supposed to know this kind of shit!!! It's time to blow the little boxes out of the water. How the hell you are so positive and able to talk so candidly about this is amazing. You're helping tens of thousands of people out there who are confused and lack the proper information. Keep up with your awesome self, you are making a difference in people's lives. Thank you, and peace🌸✌🏼️
It's kinda scary to think that you could go through a large part of your life not knowing what was actually in your body? Like, you have no way of knowing what chromosomes you have or whether you have gonads or not unless someone tells you! And if doctors don't tell your parents so they can't tell you, then you could possibly never know! that's insane!
this video is from a year ago but i found it interesting because i go to hopkins and we were talking about intersex and AIS specifically in my neuro class (and this dude too). i think there's still such a debate about this, but these doctors are probably going the easy way because these surgeries are easiest done the younger the person is. However, changes usually only happen after puberty (which is when some parents let their children decide if they want surgery) so... uh it's upsetting that doctors feel the need to push the categories of only 2 sexes (esp because the only reason why they did a clitorectomy was because it was beginning to look like a penis - and oh no no that couldnt happen -.-). so i just think you're really cool and am proud of you for saying this :)
This is so amazing for you to put these videos out for people to see so they understand. Hopefully people now will be aware of these things doctors do so we can prevent these surgeries from happening to intersex children all around the world.
My kids are not intersex. They're assigned male at birth but lord the looks and push back doctors give for just saying you wont allow them to circumcise your sons is ridiculous. I told a doc "Well several million years of evolution went into that foreskin so I'm not lopping it off for no cosmetic reasons." This story is so heartbreaking and infuriating and those doctors deserve to lose their license.
This really upset me, it's so hard to even think about what you've gone through and how strong you are to have gone through such ordeals. I hope that one day this type of thing will never happen again and intersex will be widely understood and accepted. much love to you x
You are so amazing. You educated me so much on the intersex history and community. Your story is seriously so powerful. Thank you for sharing. I stand with you!
Pidgeon, thank you.... I am writing a paper for college (I am 56 years old college student LOL) I'm trying to learn about intersex and wanted to know if you have ever met anyone at all who is glad and happy that they have had the surgery as a child? I've done a ton of research and not yet found anything about anyone who is happy and pleased to have had that surgery and I'm curious being intersex and knowing other intersex people if you have? thanks.
Happy ones probably don't have much to say about it. I've worn glasses forever, but I don't vlog about it. If someone had removed one of my eyes, you bet your bottom dollar I'd be complaining. There are probably also people who don't even know what was done to them.
i'm loving this series so far. so informative, educational, and real. i appreciate the history (money sounds like the worst each time i learn about him), your storytelling, as well as your intersectional approach. p.s that shirt is hella dope. thank you.
I can only imagine the rage you must feel for what has been done to you. Although you say your parents wanted to do what was best for you it turned out that it wasn’t best. And it negatively impacted your life. At least anyone watching your video won’t make the same mistakes so you have brought some good out of what you have suffered (and I use that word intentionally). I wish you the best as you continue on your life’s journey.
Why did they take it all? Obviously even by their standard that makes no sense. They wanted to make you like other girls, well what they did doesn't do that since they took it all. They should not have done anything to you especially since it wasn't going to hurt you. I'm shocked about all this to begin with but I am also shocked they would do anything that was not needed. I mean everyone is different and they don't try to make us all the same in other ways. Sorry that you had to go through all this. However it is beautiful that you are such a kind hearted caring person. You don't seem to want to punish the world even though this happen to you and that is amazing because many people that go through something so traumatic want to punish the world or hate it a little. You are amazing. Like really. I wish we were friends. You are just amazing. 💟 Much love and blessings to you each and every moment of each and everyday.
Your story is very touching, Potent, Informative, sensitive, of paramount importance, useful, necessary, helpful, moving and several things else. Not mentioned here by oneself. Most emphatically appreciative am I of yourself. Simply for your sharing of this not so simple affair. To think of the severity. Regarding the consequences of such a decision being made (one way or, the other. Without the input of the person who will be wearing the results of whatever the decision that is made. OMG❗ I couldn't even imagine being the individual who is subjected to such a circumstance. Nor the person who is responsible for what every decision needs to be made for the person in such the circumstance. Extremely Incredible❗ again oh, thanks for sharing story your story with us. Take care
The cure for ignorance is education. That's why videos like these are so important in creating a society of well informed, tolerant people. Thank you for explaining and educating ☺️
Thank you for sharing your story. I think it’s stories like this that will see intersex people gain the human rights they so very much deserve. Stories like yours have been stuffed away in a dark corner for way too long. It’s about time we accepted people for who they are, instead of forcing them through all kinds of hoops to allow others to feel comfortable in their naivety. I’m so sorry you were treated this way.
Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to educate folks on intersex. I'm not an intersex person myself, but I am a nonbinary trans person, and I see all the time how my community in particular likes to co-op the intersex struggle when it benefits our argument, but otherwise ignores the intersex community altogether. I know I've been guilty of it myself in the past, in my ignorance, and I want to work to be a better ally to intersex people. I hope your story's able to reach a lot more of us in the trans community, so we can also stand in solidarity with you.
So we've talked before and you asked if I would keep you updated I went to the doctors today and the doctor looked at my body and said it was a high possibility that I have klinefelter syndrome so tomarrow morning im getting blood work done so the can do genome testing
hungarian language does not have 'he' 'she' . it has a word for 'both'..which i guess = a person! society first has to accept all genders and then move onto more attention to 'spiritual ' identity . society for hundreds of years is 'stuck ' in sexual orientation and roles and color ..........and move dynamically forward as human beings!
Man I'm so glad I watched this video. I actually learned a lot watching this series! Instead of watching a pointless makeup tutorial I just learned a lot. Thanks for sharing all this knowledge! Can't wait to see more of your videos.
Your story broke my heart but also educated me so much! How can you be 30 and look so flawless and glowy ? I hope you love yourself no matter what. You deserve the best ! Thanks for sharing your story
youre 30??? you look so youthful omg
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Evskie thought pidgeon was like twenty!!!! Dang!
I assumed Pigeon was early 20s something.
I thought Pigeon, was like 14 or 15.
For real. I'm only 4 years older and look at least 4 years older than I really am.
I'm 15 and i'm glad i'm having access to all this information at a young age.
I'm glad you do too :)
This is precisely why UA-cam needs to ditch restricted mode. People your age SHOULD have access to this information if you wish to learn about it. Good for you for educating yourself.
Randomly it’s so amazing that at your age you appreciate that! That’s incredible❤️
Randomly I am too, I'm 15 and I'm trans, and find it horrible that these kinds of things happen to intersex babies with no idea of what happened it's so wrong
I'm even younger
thank you for putting this kind of education out there.
You got it, dude :)
Why does that matter !!!!!!
adarsh9164 they* I believe
I just wish this was part of the curriculum for sex ed.
you are such a wonderful soul. I'm so glad I found you. My daughter is intersex and I'm proud of it. so glad I can now be part of this community! i can't wait to come to a conference
Noov Cats you're not a freak sweetheart. Stay strong!
Noov Cats ;( really not your fault you were born different. Do what makes you feel most comfortable and happy. You can't make everyone happy but you can be happy.
+Noov Cats are u xx vor XY?
Noov Vlog that isn’t fair, ur condition was medical, ur parents shouldn’t even hate u in the slightest! Honestly when an intersex child grows up, it should be their decision how they want to identify themselves.
You turn that around on everyone - you make them feel ashamed that they are not intersex - you own it! Walk around with your head held high, strut it! I dreamed I was naked at school, I strutted around and made them all feel ashamed and stupid they weren't naked, soon all my peeps were naked (yuck) but that was my dream lol. You just take that freaky and love it and show it off! Did you see Pidgeon's t-shirts? Owning it! Hugs and Love! You are special and its okay :o)
I am a 69-year-old male. And I didn’t know there were that many intersex people . Thank you for teaching me. Let me say, that you have the greatest personality, and you are such a sweet person. You are beautiful. Thank you so much for teaching me and filling me in on the subject. Take care.❤
OMG..You are 30 ? You look waayyy younger :O I thought you are only 18 or 19 before i watch this video
Ibtisam Tayeh i thought they were 18
im intersex and i want to thank you for speaking out about this difficult topic! it's really hard for me to talk about my experiences, and it's amazing what you're doing! i live in chicago too and I had no idea the children hospital performed those type of surgeries. all the best, l
Aren much love
Couldn't you sue the doctors? I am so mad ..... This is so terrible. I am so glad that you are fighting for your rights. I believe we can change such oppressive systems together.
Niharika Parashar I was going to ask the same thing. They definitely should sue. I don’t care how many years it has been the doctor lied and was not truthful.
The problem (I believe, correct me if I’m wrong) is that you can’t sue because this shit is legal. The parents had to sign a bunch of forms to give the doctors consent to do this to their child, and in those forms were a bunch of legal stuff making it impossible to sue the doctors because the parents signed them saying that everything they were doing was okay.
@@keketubeler doctors lie to their patients all the time.
@@corawood2353 Of course surgery is legal. Further, some genital cutting in the United States is legal (such as Male Genital Mutilation and intersex "correction" surgery. That does not, however, grant doctors immunity from malpractice suits. It's malpractice to knowingly harm a patient. With full knowledge that the he (the genital cutter calling himself a doctor) planned to do a radical citorectemy (removing the outside and the root of the clitoris), the doctor told the parents that he was using a "new" procedure (a lie) and that he was just going to shorten the clitoris to make it cosmetically more appealing (a lie). It's not informed consent for a parents to agree to one procedure and have a doctor preform another procedure that he'd planned on doing the whole time. I saw a documentary about 10 years back where the parents of a boy had refused to have him castrated to turn him into a girl. His genitals were intersexed but, he thought of himself as a boy and was about 5 years old. The doctor talked the parents into some minor surgery to "correct" something the doctor thought was wrong. During the surgery the doctor castrated the boy. The parents sued for malpractice and won big money in a settlement.
It should be illegal to do anything to a child's body until they are old enough to consent 😡
Kelly T I don't agree, because things that are really medically necessary (cleft phalate, heart problems etc.) I believe there needs to be a better education for parents on which procedures are really not necessary on children!
That's way too blanket of a statement
it should be illegal to perform unnecessary surgeries on a child before they can be properly educated to consent, especially cosmetic surgeries. it's absolutely horrific how much some doctors bullshit parents into thinking unnecessary surgeries are necessary. i had a long talk with my cousin the other day who just had a beautiful baby boy. the doctors wanted to take him in to fix his "protruding ears". nothing functionally wrong with them, just not "aesthetically normal". i am so glad she talked to me before going in for the consultation because i sent her in with a whole arsenal of questions. what it came down to was them arguing his quality of life would be decremented by kids teasing him. WE DON'T SOLVE BULLYING BY CONFORMING THE VICTIM TO A TEMPLATE NORM! especially without said victim's consent. we going to start giving babies nose jobs now?
and on top of it all, surgery on intersex children is irreversible. they choose a box to fit the child into and if they don't fit? welp, whoopsie daisy not only are more surgeries required but there's no way of rebuilding what they might have once had. not to mention that their decision making often resolves to what's easiest, mainly chopping things off.
My parents were given a choice when I was born to have a risky eye surgery because my eyes were crossed and it was really a 50-50 chance that I would lose my sight or I would be able to see I have a normal life. They did the surgery I can see and have a normal life. If they waited until I could have consented I would have already been blind
Cosmetic surgeries... Absolutely should not be chosen by parents for children who can't consent.
You’re 30? I literally thought you were in your 20’s
Dang, I wish I realized that I'm intersex three years ago when I lived in Chicago, so I could have reached out. You would have been the first person I had met who is intersex and an activist. I didn't truly know about AIS until I was 26 and wanted to join the military. 😒
Elle_XY I saw your video about that. It would have been nice to have met you 🤗 question: do you know about the aisdsd.org support group? there is an in person support group conference every year in a different city. next summer it's going to be in arizona. you should come :) there's also an online support group if you're not able to come. oh, if you do come, make sure to apply for a scholarship if you need it.
I am part if the AIS/DSD support group on Facebook but I'm not actually registered... I wanted to get involved with Inter/Act but I've been so busy lately and work odd hours, so I couldn't even get in on the Google hangouts. I know the conference was in Colorado this past year and wanted to go, especially since I have an AIS friend who lives in the Denver area. Arizona might not happen because I'm leaving the country to go teach English in Thailand. Lol. Not sure when I'll be back to visit the States.
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Lavelle Are you back yet & how was your trip?
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Pidgeon, your deeply wise innocence and honesty warms the heart. Your attitude, in the face of what you were put through before having any notion of what was going on, is downright majestic!
You are such a strong person. Putting your story out there for intersex people to see. Every intersex person that sees this will now know that they're not alone. Much love and respect for you Pidgeon. ❤️
Gracias for the beautiful comment and inspiration to keep on keeping on
The way you explain intersex, societal norms, and your own story, intertwined, is mesmerizing. You're truly an educator. Thank you.
I didn't understand the concept of intersex until your videos. well spoken. I'm so sorry about what happened to you.
I am so sorry this all happened to you Pigeon. I am looking and listening to this in 2024 and finding out so much about intersex. I am not intersex myself. But having a gay son and a daughter who may be exploring, I am open. I just want to say these videos are well done by you. It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there. And in spite of everything you are living life and informing others. I wish you all the best and please keep the information coming. People should know intersex exists and that they should never be fixed without their consent. If they want to be how they were born, then that is okay and that society needs to change not them. Stay happy and keep preaching!
This is so fucked up! I am so sorry that happened to you :((((
Thank you for your support. Now let's change the world!
Please tell me what to do! I am a heterosexual cis woman so I have no idea what you or people in the LGTB community have to deal with or how to help, but I would like to :/
Hey I'll put some links in the description :)
Pidgeon thank you :)
+Kim Wilkin I totally agree with you. Being in the Medical Profession myself i have seen many such circumstances & situations that could have probably resulted in a better way. Doctors are humans too. They could'nt hv just left Pigeon in that situation. It was their job to fix it. In that century & time they probably did the best they could for a child, so that baby could grow up to live a normal life like everyone else. But maybe things didn't work out in the best possible way.
Pigeon, you are special in your own way. U'r amazing, healthy & a fighter. Just never give up on who You are!
oh my gosh I'm so sorry, that's unbelievable, I can't believe the doctors did that.. you're so brave for speaking out about this
also drop your moisturiser routine because your skin is beautiful I can't believe you're 30 😍
Thanks for these videos. People are so misinformed and ignorant (including myself tbh). Sometimes it's like intersex people aren't even people, and it's more comfortable for people to believe that than to admit that there are exceptions to their rules.
I'm not intersex (as far as I know) but I'm nonbinary. Over the years I've had a few nonbinary friends who only found out they were intersex AFTER coming out as nonbinary. It's pretty crazy.
what means nonbinary ??!
I hope I put it right, otherwise sb correct me please.
Non-binary means that you identify outside the binary categories of female/male. Seeing those categories as something potentially oppressive and ignorant of even the reality of ppl who don't fit those two categories biologically or emotionally/mentally/on the level of the soul..
I try to made this comment in english but isn't my first language so maybe i have some mistake but i need say something.
I'm speechless after had seen this 3 parts about you being intersex. I thought that we have multiples genders but only two sexes and i never get to understood intersex people but thanks to you i realize that "binary"" don't exist on people. All of the things that we thought that are for men and for women are completely a social contruct until human body. Thanks again for share your story and offer all of this information and links.
Hey Patri-- you just validated why I do these videos. Thank you so much for understanding this, and for also sharing it here with me in the comments.
love this! people need to understand that everything they think is “normal” and what “should be” is part of an outdated, suppressing social construct that doesn’t even make sense
All intersex people are either male or female. This is biological reality. Technically pigeon is biologically male with differences in sexual development. That doesnt take away from the binary of male and female in any way.
This is so scary for a person or even a family to go thru this
the thought of all the surgery
Jing Yi Tan more like being robbed of pleasure and yo sexuality for your entire life
that too i just can't express my feelings that well but u get what i'm trying to same
As you told the story my shock, then rage all became tears that are still running. I can't stop thinking of a little four year old baby lying in a hospital bed, pre-op, with so much faith in "the grown ups".....ugh..
this was a mutilation of a sweet little child.
Grown adults looking at a little child's genitalia and a) manipulating/lying to parents using their greatest weakness, their child's health, and then b) surgically deforming that child... it's vile. a tragic horror. You didn't deserve any of that. Even without your bravery and confidence that is so amazing you developed, you are so wonderful and always were since the moment you were born. I am so, so sorry...
Doctors use that with normal kids all the time too, since the day they are born: vaccination and other bullshit tests and meds. For doctors children are not humans but test subjects. Almost everybody on the planet has been affected by this and we are all victims. All we can do now is protect our children and their children.
How awful! They needed to leave your body alone! I can't believe they (doctors) kept putting your body through this sort of surgery (mutilation). This makes me so sad.
Doesn't it though!
I'm really sorry this happened to you. I'm a medical student and your story so extremely valuable, we definitely did not learn any of this in medical school. I'm not sure if maybe eventually gets taught later in training as medical fellows go further to specialize to handle these types of conditions, hopefully they do now. But either way, I'm so grateful I am learning about this so much earlier because of your story. Thank you so much.
I just finished Dr. Farah's Explore Chicago class at DePaul and she uses your final project proposal as a part of the curriculum. I loved reading about your story and your passion to share it! Then, you show up in my recommended videos on youtube. Amazing! I hope you've allowed Dr. Farah to share your paper and you're not totally pissed now. I love that you're using your voice and story to resonate with others. Congrats on all your success!
You are so brave for sharing such intimate details of your life. I get annoyed when people ask what I'm reading.
This is a truly fascinating subject and I'm glad you are raising awareness, Pidgeon.
I'm so sorry Pigeon, this is tragic. A clitorectomy and vaginaplasty? I feel so bad for you not to have a clitoris. Plus there is so much silence and ignorance and shame about the clitoris in general that some teenagers don't even know what a clitoris is, and others like you can't find theirs.
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I've never heard anyone say it was hard to find the clitoris or read anything about that when I was growing up. I have heard people say they couldn't find the G Spot or that it is hard to find.... but not the clitoris
I'm happy I stumbled across these videos. I'm also intersex (Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome). Snuggling with myself currently. Being intersex, Non-Binary, Pansexual and POC is hard sometimes. It's nice to see advocacy and representation.
NO WAYS YOU ARE 30 !? WHAT SORCERY!? You look 18 .
I love that you are so understanding of where your parents were in this process. I would have been like them, trusting the doctors and only wanting to keep you healthy and "safe". They didn't know. As a mother, you will die for your child and fear can make you believe the wrong person. I'm learning from your experience so thank you for being brave enough to share it
love you! love this! love your face! love your intersex body! love love love love!
Love you. Glad you love this. Love YOUR intersex body. love love love (your videos) too.
can intersex make kids
Emilord A
Geez 🙄
bringing it back to fighting all oppression is just... you are an amazing person. you have been through a lot and to see how you are so empathetic and self aware and able to connect the dots across many issues.... humanity is lucky to have people like you. and your dog is cute af btw.
Pidgeon im sorry you went throug all that. ☹️ I am a junior doctor in the Uk (qualified for one year). I can assure you that medicine is not as paternalistic as this anymore, (at least in the Uk). If this happened here today, your parents would be told everything. I hope you get your faith back at least if not in humans, in God
I simply cannot get over your bravery. I cannot imagine the emotional pain and suffering. Hugs!
I am happy that there is a platform where you are able to help inform people and educate them about this. Thank you for your candor and positive image, as well as your willingness to put yourself out there! - Rock
Anyone who does not understand or expect humans needs to watch your videos you are so sweet and a great example to explain what people do not understand
I already agreed with my boyfriend that our future kids, whether they are born female, male or intersex, will have NO cosmetic/pseudomedicinal procedures taken on their genitals EVER. This is just so gross and wrong. I am sorry that you had to experience all that.
5:30 to get to the content about the actual clitorectomy. No offence meant. Having watched the first two videos, I was just very eager to get to the conversation involving the clitorectomy.
These mutilations (because that is what they are, not legitimate surgeries) are unacceptably vile and disgusting. 1.5 centimeters? That's barely over half an inch, ridiculous and disgusting. I am glad that we live in a time when research is so easy. I imagine that in the 80s, it would be difficult to find information on being intersex. Today it's as easy as an internet search.
peepslostsheep thanks
Nomopoly; clitoris is also on the inside. If someone would ditch you for your genetalia, they are assholes. And why would they need to cather to the desires of some hetero men? I don't even know if they like hetero men.
I would be so interested in hearing your parents pov retrospectively. Thank you for sharing your story ☺️
Thank you so much for telling your story. You are bold to discuss confidently things that so many people have arbitrarily decided should be taboo and awkward. Thanks for being honest and straightforward. I hope that my generation of parents will be more informed, demand better care for their kids, and embrace kids for who they know they are.
you don"t look like 30. you look like between 16 -20 years old. The doctors shouldn't of even tuched you until you grew up and decided for yourself. and they should of been more truthful with your parents. You are soo brave i hope the best for you.
Your messages are SO important. Thank you for sharing your story. You've got our support.
I'm currently pregnant and I'm so sick of hearing "is it a boy or a girl?" It's like people are invalidating intersex individuals and they justify it by saying only the binary genders are normal. Yes, it's true that being intersex is rare, but female and male aren't the only normal things a person can be. If my child does turn out to be intersex, I refuse to make decisions on their behalf. I fully believe in the person being able to give their consent.
Edit: I mean making decisions such as getting them surgeries to alter or remove body parts they were born with.
Cassidy F. People are so obsessed with the sex of the baby, like they don't even ask the name first!
Yes. Male and female is normal. Intersex is more like a mutation. It happens. I’m sure we know more about it now, however it is what it is
You sharing your story is such a brave thing to do! I’m so glad you did it, because you are educating non intersex people, letting other intersex people know they aren’t alone! Overall you are just an amazing person, and 100% too cute to be binary.
Wow. I am so sorry that you had to go through all of this. What a screwed up system! No matter what, you are a beautiful person and you are educating so many about intersex people. Keep it up! New subscriber here. :-)
Your medical history story is heartbreaking. Very good of you to do videos and educate us!
Why does your voice remind me so much of Michael Jackson? I could listen to you speak all day.
march to the sea Look at the photo frame behind her. Its michael jackson.
oh wow i dont see it. his voice was higher and more feminine
Well, some rumors talks about Michel's intersexuallity
I am really glad you are speaking out on this. It's utterly horrid that you and other babies had to endure this and have to deal with this. As a mother of 5 I could have never put my babies though this. And you look only 19 years old. Absolutely beautiful person and soul. I admire your attitude and boldness!
THIS SHIT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL
Hi there, I watched this video for my women's studies class and I'm so glad I found it. I'm terribly sorry to learn that this happened to you, and I promise I'll do my best to spread information about this subject. You're a charismatic, well-spoken and gorgeous individual. Keep it up!
Pidgeon - you've done a really good job explaining something I, and probably most have never understood; making me have sympathy/empathy for the plight of intersex babies and children/adults in this misunderstood category of gender and disgust at those doctors who play god just for the desire to fit slot a into slot b and misleading parents and patients because they are too "busy" to care about feelings as they just want a male to match male and a female to match female. However I know they are now trying to change that in many places here in the US, lets hope they move along quicker for the health of these 1 in 2000 babies every year. Your video should help future parents in their decision making process, to get tests and carefully question doctors and maybe even letting their child alone until their child decides their gender - that would be the BeST case scenario! Thank you for sharing from your own personal experience! This is invaluable!
It’s really nice you are making these videos I feel like growing up I have been unintentionally ignorant to so many things even towards my own identification as a lesbian and it’s nice to have a platform like UA-cam where not only can I get educated on these not talked about things but also hear first hand stories because without personal accounts it’s hard to navigate what is true and what isn’t especially on a topic like intersex that clearly has a lot of misinformation being distributed by even doctors
That is so incredibly messed up...they messed up your body. I would understand if there was a problem and you needed surgery but there was no problem here, they just tried to change you to fit into a box. I stand by intersex people and anyone who's been abused or oppressed.
Your whole being is so beautiful. Thank you for being visible for the intersex community. You're doing so much good for this world than you know.
you're really cute i can't
I've never, ever ever heard another intersex person explain their journey. I'm speechless, pidgeon. I've been so ashamed my whole life, and I'm only beginning to realize how cool my body is. Thank you, your amazing, just speaking is amazing. Thank you so much
Very enlightening video. Your experience made me very sad. I can't imagine going through that situation. I'm glad you are a happy (and living) person now. It's amazing you support Black Lives Matter and other movements led by people of color. It would be also great if you talk about the overlap between intersex and non binary people's experiences. Love you and your shirt
Andie Hernández great idea ❤️
It is indeed a great idea but it isn't mine. I saw a video of Lane S talking about the overlap of being intersex and non binary. Watching the video I realized the amount of transphobia that exists in the intersex community and the discrimination towards intersex people that exists in the non binary community. Sad but apparently true :(
Watching these all in a row is amazing not just because of your story, but how you grow in telling it! I can see you getting more comfortable talking in front of the camera :)
omg.. I've subscribed and I have to take a moment before I hear anymore of this story.. Jesus Christ. Too much too much. But thank you so much for being so open and honest. I've learned a lot. I've always been curious about what it means to be intersex. Now I know. You are really smart and explain very well. I look forward to watching more. Extra cute too.. xoxo
GarGar Gregarious thank you for si scribbled and sharing your thoughts with me. it helps :)
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I'm inlove with all of this videos! It's so much important to talk about this and stop de medical violence. I completely support you.
Thank you so much for these videos pidgeon! I have struggled emmensely in my own life from genital mutilation and I am so in awe of how you're making videos on this issue and educating so many people all over the Internet! One day would you possibly be able to talk about circumcision of male babies in the USA? And maybe any advice you have on how intactivists (activists against non consensual circumcision) and intersex activists can work together to stop all forms of non consensual genital cutting? Thank you again, I love your videos :)
5Pretty Pumpkins I'm glad these videos can be a little helpful :) and yes, I'll try one day.
God, this is so messed up. I'm in uni right now hoping to go into the medical field, and as i keep learning about all of this "state sanctioned violence" as you put it, it's so disheartening but at the same time continues to drive me to talk to people and make them aware about medically unnecessary surgeries, especially on children. Whether it's something as common and bening seeming as male circumcision on newborns or completely unnecessary surgeries like the ones you were subjected to, if the person cannot or willing consent and their life isn't at risk, the surgery shouldn't be done. Violating someones bodily autonomy like that is never, ever okay. I can't imagine the struggles you've must've gone through. Thank you for sharing your story❤stay strong
I am horrified an so sorry this happened to you! I was un aware and have found myself educated in many realms. I'm just mind blown for your bravery, eloquence and uniting for a great cause.
I'm so sorry these things happened to you against your will, without your concent. It's seriously fucked up. I hope
E you are in the process of suing the shit out of the doctors for malpractice! I have been reading about this topic for a very long time. This isn't as new or rare as they act.That's bull shit, they're playing stupid. It seems I know more about this subject than doctors who are supposed to know this kind of shit!!! It's time to blow the little boxes out of the water. How the hell you are so positive and able to talk so candidly about this is amazing. You're helping tens of thousands of people out there who are confused and lack the proper information. Keep up with your awesome self, you are making a difference in people's lives. Thank you, and peace🌸✌🏼️
It's kinda scary to think that you could go through a large part of your life not knowing what was actually in your body? Like, you have no way of knowing what chromosomes you have or whether you have gonads or not unless someone tells you! And if doctors don't tell your parents so they can't tell you, then you could possibly never know! that's insane!
You are so brave, and so real.... a better PERSON than most of us. Be proud of who you are. An inspiration. Much love to you!!!
this video is from a year ago but i found it interesting because i go to hopkins and we were talking about intersex and AIS specifically in my neuro class (and this dude too). i think there's still such a debate about this, but these doctors are probably going the easy way because these surgeries are easiest done the younger the person is. However, changes usually only happen after puberty (which is when some parents let their children decide if they want surgery) so... uh
it's upsetting that doctors feel the need to push the categories of only 2 sexes (esp because the only reason why they did a clitorectomy was because it was beginning to look like a penis - and oh no no that couldnt happen -.-).
so i just think you're really cool and am proud of you for saying this :)
are you pre-med at hopkins? You know Dr. Money was at Hopkins and he and his colleagues is responsible for this whole mess?
You are absolutely so well spoken and eloquent about educating people on sex and gender and anything in between. Thank you.
I've made it to this video and I knew I liked you... Now, I know why... You're So Aware! #StoriesNotSurgeries
This is so amazing for you to put these videos out for people to see so they understand. Hopefully people now will be aware of these things doctors do so we can prevent these surgeries from happening to intersex children all around the world.
You are so beautiful. I appreciate how sweet and genuine your energy is. Thank you for your content. 😊
My kids are not intersex. They're assigned male at birth but lord the looks and push back doctors give for just saying you wont allow them to circumcise your sons is ridiculous. I told a doc "Well several million years of evolution went into that foreskin so I'm not lopping it off for no cosmetic reasons." This story is so heartbreaking and infuriating and those doctors deserve to lose their license.
I've been very uninformed, thank you for sharing your story! you are beautiful, you matter to me and I love you.
You are amazing.
I'm so saddened by your experience and the horrendous surgeries that you've been out through.
These violations must be stopped.
no one could've explained it better
Isabella Childress really?
This really upset me, it's so hard to even think about what you've gone through and how strong you are to have gone through such ordeals. I hope that one day this type of thing will never happen again and intersex will be widely understood and accepted. much love to you x
You have an ally and a subscriber here. You are very strong, I send you much love.
You are so amazing. You educated me so much on the intersex history and community. Your story is seriously so powerful. Thank you for sharing. I stand with you!
Pidgeon, thank you.... I am writing a paper for college (I am 56 years old college student LOL) I'm trying to learn about intersex and wanted to know if you have ever met anyone at all who is glad and happy that they have had the surgery as a child? I've done a ton of research and not yet found anything about anyone who is happy and pleased to have had that surgery and I'm curious being intersex and knowing other intersex people if you have? thanks.
I'm a Transgender, 43 yr old college student.....be proud sister :)
Happy ones probably don't have much to say about it. I've worn glasses forever, but I don't vlog about it. If someone had removed one of my eyes, you bet your bottom dollar I'd be complaining.
There are probably also people who don't even know what was done to them.
I am in COMPLETE SHOCK 😲😲😲
I am so THANKFUL for you Explaining & EDUCATING US with your STORY!!
Can you put these videos on a playlist so I can share the playlist on social media? People need to be educated about this stuff.
Great idea, here ya go: ua-cam.com/video/W9q7ic533Vk/v-deo.html
Pidgeon Thank you so much!! ❤️
i'm loving this series so far.
so informative, educational, and real. i appreciate the history (money sounds like the worst each time i learn about him), your storytelling, as well as your intersectional approach.
p.s that shirt is hella dope.
thank you.
great video series! I learned a lot that I didn't know.
Thanks boo! I'm glad :)
I can only imagine the rage you must feel for what has been done to you. Although you say your parents wanted to do what was best for you it turned out that it wasn’t best. And it negatively impacted your life. At least anyone watching your video won’t make the same mistakes so you have brought some good out of what you have suffered (and I use that word intentionally). I wish you the best as you continue on your life’s journey.
Why did they take it all? Obviously even by their standard that makes no sense. They wanted to make you like other girls, well what they did doesn't do that since they took it all. They should not have done anything to you especially since it wasn't going to hurt you. I'm shocked about all this to begin with but I am also shocked they would do anything that was not needed. I mean everyone is different and they don't try to make us all the same in other ways. Sorry that you had to go through all this. However it is beautiful that you are such a kind hearted caring person. You don't seem to want to punish the world even though this happen to you and that is amazing because many people that go through something so traumatic want to punish the world or hate it a little. You are amazing. Like really. I wish we were friends. You are just amazing. 💟 Much love and blessings to you each and every moment of each and everyday.
Christine
Your story is very touching, Potent, Informative, sensitive, of paramount importance, useful, necessary, helpful, moving and several things else. Not mentioned here by oneself. Most emphatically appreciative am I of yourself. Simply for your sharing of this not so simple affair. To think of the severity. Regarding the consequences of such a decision being made (one way or, the other. Without the input of the person who will be wearing the results of whatever the decision that is made. OMG❗ I couldn't even imagine being the individual who is subjected to such a circumstance. Nor the person who is responsible for what every decision needs to be made for the person in such the circumstance. Extremely Incredible❗ again oh, thanks for sharing story your story with us. Take care
I'm not gonna lie, I'm high and confused as fuck watching it but I some how understand it lmao I'm really feeling this vid tho.
The cure for ignorance is education. That's why videos like these are so important in creating a society of well informed, tolerant people. Thank you for explaining and educating ☺️
Can you sued Them?
Thank you for sharing your story. I think it’s stories like this that will see intersex people gain the human rights they so very much deserve. Stories like yours have been stuffed away in a dark corner for way too long. It’s about time we accepted people for who they are, instead of forcing them through all kinds of hoops to allow others to feel comfortable in their naivety. I’m so sorry you were treated this way.
that was very educating for me. it is very good to have such an educating videos. i'm just very angry at this damned system
I'm so glad. I'm mad too
Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to educate folks on intersex. I'm not an intersex person myself, but I am a nonbinary trans person, and I see all the time how my community in particular likes to co-op the intersex struggle when it benefits our argument, but otherwise ignores the intersex community altogether. I know I've been guilty of it myself in the past, in my ignorance, and I want to work to be a better ally to intersex people. I hope your story's able to reach a lot more of us in the trans community, so we can also stand in solidarity with you.
So we've talked before and you asked if I would keep you updated I went to the doctors today and the doctor looked at my body and said it was a high possibility that I have klinefelter syndrome so tomarrow morning im getting blood work done so the can do genome testing
Blake reeder proud of you for going through the work of figuring this all out
I'll say this again...
YOU
Are one Uhhhhhmazing individual. What you're doing by sharing your story and educating people, is simply incredible.
hungarian language does not have 'he' 'she' . it has a word for 'both'..which i guess = a person! society first has to accept all genders and then move onto more attention to 'spiritual ' identity . society for hundreds of years is 'stuck ' in sexual orientation and roles and color ..........and move dynamically forward as human beings!
This is wild ! Keep educating people, this needs to be heard 💜
Thank you, thank you, thank you for you. You have such a hot look!!! #crush.
Man I'm so glad I watched this video. I actually learned a lot watching this series! Instead of watching a pointless makeup tutorial I just learned a lot. Thanks for sharing all this knowledge! Can't wait to see more of your videos.
So have you sued?
Your story broke my heart but also educated me so much! How can you be 30 and look so flawless and glowy ? I hope you love yourself no matter what. You deserve the best ! Thanks for sharing your story