The phenomenon of androgen insensitivity among people with XY chromosomes is a spectrum, Claire, and whether they decide you're a girl or a boy depends initially on whether your junk is an innie or an outie as a baby That's what the term "assignment" comes from
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Replying to @arthur_affect @intersexfacts and
You obviously know this, but you choose not to talk about it, because you choose to take your talking points from mainstream TERF activism ("Sex is observed, not assigned!") and downplay all the actual intersex activists as pawns of Stonewall
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Replying to @arthur_affect @intersexfacts and
It is precisely because AIS is a spectrum condition that your snotty little "Come on, no one thinks a CAIS woman is a man! Look at her junk, look at her tits!" talking point is so dismissive and shitty
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Replying to @arthur_affect @intersexfacts and
The life experience of someone who moves from one diagnosis to another because they started growing facial hair at puberty and it turns out their AIS was "partial" isn't your concern I guess
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Replying to @arthur_affect @intersexfacts and
And I guess the idea that the universal right to gender self-ID is helpful to such people rather than being shoved into dark corners as a shameful exception to the universal and obvious truths of biological sex is, in your view, just a TRA psyop
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Replying to @intersexfacts @lawnerdbarak and
So the angry TERFs clamoring to know which one exactly Caster Semenya was diagnosed with so they can decide if she's a woman or a man aren't hurting anybody right And that's the consensus opinion among intersex advocates
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Replying to @arthur_affect @KatyMontgomerie and
"...so they can decide...." because they feel they are the "experts" in this field.
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Replying to @intersexfacts @KatyMontgomerie and
Well the whole point of activism in favor of self-ID is to prevent anyone from putting themselves in the place of an armchair physician by emphasizing your medical history is no one's business but yours
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It's a pretty good principle to live by, it makes life easier on everyone
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Replying to @intersexfacts @KatyMontgomerie and
Because you're constantly being an asshole about it in a way designed to cavalierly trade away other people's freedom
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