▲ 140 ▼ Just over 12% of the US adult population identifies as LGBTQ+, with a whooping 2.34% identifying as trans (www.hrc.org) submitted 2 months ago by cyan_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/transgender@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 months ago (1 child) (except intersex people maybe) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago I'm not aware of any country where intersex people are assigned intersex at birth. Doctors pick male or female for intersex babies based on what they perceive their external genitalia to look like, even going so far as to forcibly mutilate any configuration that isn't close enough to traditionally male or female. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago I'm not aware of any country where intersex people are assigned intersex at birth. Doctors pick male or female for intersex babies based on what they perceive their external genitalia to look like, even going so far as to forcibly mutilate any configuration that isn't close enough to traditionally male or female. permalink fedilink source parent