As my comment made abundantly clear, in some contexts, consideration of sexual preference is a factor of "ability to do the job" rather than of "prejudice or bigotry" assuming, arguendo, that we accept the concept of "intersexed" - which I take it is a euphemism for "transgendered" rather than hermaphrodite. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)
About 1 out of every 1600 Americans is born "intersexed" -- that is with genetic, anatomical or other conditions that render simple classification impossible. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Some humans are born "intersexed," i.e.: born with chromosomal or other biological characteristics of both male and female. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The two men then announced that a year-long study would be commissioned to establish how the military would accommodate those who seek to serve but who insist on doing so as avowedly gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and "intersexed" (formerly known as hermaphrodite) folks. ❋ Jr. Frank J. Gaffney (2010)
And it is long past time that all segregation was ended, not just for those of us I am calling queer, not just for the gays and lesbians, the trans and bisexual, the intersexed and asexual, not just for all those of whatever sexual orientation or gender identity, but for people of colour, for people of disability, for any and all whose absence from our screens is due to their abjection. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)
I presented a paper in 2005, with Dr. Milton Diamond, to Dr. Zucker and a host of other experts at the International Behavioral Development Symposium, showing that exposure to DES (diethylstilbestrol) in utero was strongly linked to the onset of the intersexed condition called transsexualism. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I though I was just a mildly intersexed male (undervirilised fertile male syndrome) with a mildly female gender identity. ❋ Unknown (2010)
That the medical diagnosis was going to be changed to “severely intersexed female.” ❋ Unknown (2010)
Instead, you suggest that the intersexed should get surgery to correct the “problem.” ❋ Unknown (2010)
Runner Caster Semenya takes gender test -- she is intersexed; MSM reporting is offensive (pamshouseblend. com, via Kate Bornstein) ❋ Unknown (2009)
She was forced to take a gender test (perhaps more accurately, a "sex test"), and the results have been released: Semenya is intersexed. ❋ Unknown (2009)
An intersexed person is an individual whose internal and/or external sexual morphology has characteristics not specific to just one of the official sexes, but rather a combination of what is considered “normal” for “female” or “male”. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Lack of education is, for example, why so many straight folks are willing to support legislature that uses gender-specific language, even though it can have terrible lifelong repercussions for intersexed individuals. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Update: Some BB commenters have pointed out that the "potentially deadly condition" of which they they speak may be the belief that having male sexual organs "embedded" within the body means elevated cancer risk in intersexed people. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Another BB commenter who says they're an intersexed person argues the purported risk is a ruse to pressure intersexed people towards altering themselves through surgery. ❋ Unknown (2009)
You also continue to ignore the fact that God himself creates intersexed people on a regular basis. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Additionally, we should also be taking about trans bodies and intersexed bodies and what pleasure looks like for everyone. ❋ Unknown (2009)
