THE Federal Government's human rights arm plans to invent a new official status called "intersex" adding it to male and female as a legally recognised gender. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission wants people to be able to change their gender on their passports and driving licences even if they do not undergo surgery.
And transgender lobby groups say that even this does not go far enough and are demanding a fourth legal gender called "other" for people who feel like their gender is indefinable or changes from day to day. The extraordinary proposals are contained in a discussion paper quietly issued to transgender and transexual advocates by the commission, a statutory body that advises the Government on such matters.
"Recognition of intersex: Persons who cannot or do not identify as either male or female would be able to choose to be identified on their birth certificate and passport as intersex," it says. "A person who cannot or chooses not to undergo surgery would not be automatically ineligible to request a change in their legal sex." More
As some of you might have already known, some people are born with 2 sex organs or doesn't fit the description of a male or female. It's very rare in our culture to hear such cases but apparently in the USA, it has quite a few cases. The numbers are around 1 in 2000!! The research into this matter has grown more around the late 20th century. Still pretty young!Though we speak of intersex as an inborn condition, intersex anatomy doesn’t always show up at birth. Sometimes a person isn’t found to have intersex anatomy until she or he reaches the age of puberty, or finds himself an infertile adult, or dies of old age and is autopsied. Some people live and die with intersex anatomy without anyone (including themselves) ever knowing.More
Not XX and not XY one in 1,666 births Klinefelter (XXY) one in 1,000 births Androgen insensitivity syndrome one in 13,000 births Partial androgen insensitivity syndrome one in 130,000 births Classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia one in 13,000 births Late onset adrenal hyperplasia one in 66 individuals Vaginal agenesis one in 6,000 births Ovotestes one in 83,000 births Idiopathic (no discernable medical cause) one in 110,000 births Iatrogenic (caused by medical treatment, for instance progestin administered to pregnant mother) no estimate 5 alpha reductase deficiency no estimate Mixed gonadal dysgenesis no estimate Complete gonadal dysgenesis one in 150,000 births Hypospadias (urethral opening in perineum or along penile shaft) one in 2,000 births Hypospadias (urethral opening between corona and tip of glans penis) one in 770 births Total number of people whose bodies differ from standard male or female one in 100 births Total number of people receiving surgery to “normalize” genital appearance one or two in 1,000 births
It's too complicated and hard for us to judge whether this is right or wrong. In fact, I think there's no immediate need to make a "blanket" decision and try to cover it to hope everything will be OK whether we go ahead with "intersex" gender or not.More awareness & research needs to be put into this issue to find out the causes of it. We can't make decisions based on emotions or ignorance. A lot of medical issues and in this case - Intersex, I think have been a "human decide" factor more than nature's works.
I still strongly believe God created Man & Woman, and nothing more. What happened down the line, we humans played a part in it. Not saying whose fault it is right now but I'm saying we need the Truth to guide us in dealing in such matters. Likewise, we shouldn't condemn intersex people like how some have condemned homosexuals. We should try to understand them more and help them. God's unfailing love is not just for those who are healthy & "normal" but also for those homosexuals and intersexes.
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