#klinefelter syndrome

[river-taxbird]

Normally, Calico cats should only be female, however one in three thousand Calico cats are actually male. This is because they have Klinefelter Syndrome, an intersex genetic condition. In cats, colour is stored on the x chromosome, a three coloured Calico has to have 2 X chromosomes, plus white. Males usually only have one X, unless they have Klinefelter Syndrome, where you have two X's and one Y.

Furries are quick to point out that male Calico cat fursonas wouldn't exist, but they actually would, they'd just be rare. Klinefelter Syndrome also occurs in humans of course. (I know this first hand.)

Therefore I propose: Calico Catboys COULD be real, despite what the furry meme says, however if they followed the human characteristics of Klinefelter Syndrome, they would be taller than average, usually over 6 feet, have a feminine weight distribution, including some limited breast growth, have a feminine hair/fur growth pattern, and have around a 20% chance of being autistic.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[oh-dear-so-queer]

In 2021, at Suontaka Vesitorninmäki, Hattula, in Finland, archaeologists discovered the grave of a Viking warrior, the body wearing female clothes, on a soft feather blanket with trinkets, and two swords. They believe that the person had Klinefelter syndrome, giving rise to XXY chromosomes. This had probably been a person respected in their eleventh-century society, wearing women's clothing, fighting as a warrior, perhaps understood to be one of the many sexes on the huge spectrum of sexual identity that was then known but which we have tried to forget.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

[kittzuxp]

New headcannon 4 Mr plant!!!

He’s has Klinefelter syndrome (or just XXY chromosomes) due to being partially plant and i think that would fuck up his chromosomes,, at least a little bit..

He was pretty insecure growing up since he knew something was.. different in his body. When his uhm, chest started growing a bit he started to get concerned, but he chose to wear high compression sports bras (that didn't work), bind them with bandages (also didn't work that well, it hurt a lot) and to get jacked to hide it, but, that didn’t work as well as he wanted it to. Argos, is probably into Mr plant’s man titties

I googled a bunch, and some people say that Klinefelter syndrome is not in the intersex spectrum, but i say Mr plant is in the spectrum ..

[juicy-fruit-aka-adi]

Klinefelter's Syndrome. That explains a lot. But it doesn't make me any more or less a woman.

[ashes2caches]

is someone gonna tell him?

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

This is textbook Judith Butler Queer Theory. Everything’s all about identities, inventing them (especially from mundane personality traits or medical conditions), constructing them and affirming them, specifically for the purposes of conducting identity politics. And explicitly “queering” (their word) everyone and everything.

If you don’t participate, you’re intolerant. If they’ve designated you as part of the thing, you’re a “traitor” to a thing you never had anything to do with in the first place.

For info on 47XXY Klinefelter Syndrome, and a better understanding of why the message is incoherent. see here: “Biology of DSDs (1) Klinefelter Syndrome”

An open letter to all organisations using LGBTQI+

Inclusion is a wonderful thing – and we should all want a world where inclusion is valued, and everybody can be part of public life and free to live without stigma.  However, inclusion should not involve erasing or misrepresenting the needs of marginalised groups of people, tokenising their existence, without trying to understand their needs – especially when their needs are diverse and complex and not easily boiled down to a single letter.

The I does not stand for Invisible!

So, I would ask all organisations adding the I, do you really understand what this stands for and are you really trying to improve the lives of people living with variations of sex development?  Or are you just adding the I because you think this is the best way to look “inclusive”, whilst ignoring their actual needs?

The I also does not stand for Ignoring needs!

I have written in detail about the term intersex https://differently-normal.com/2021/10/25/the-invention-of-intersex/?preview_id=292&preview_nonce=9f62da2a5a&preview=true and probably the first thing to note, is that the majority of people who are living with differences of sex development, do not identify as intersex, may not know the term is used to describe their medical history and may even find the term difficult or even stigmatising.  It is also increasingly common for people without a DSD, to identify as intersex, with even Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome being claimed as the most common intersex variation, even though most women with PCOS would never describe themselves as intersex and this is not officially recognised by any medical organisation.

So, when adding the I, who are you representing?

1) People without a DSD who choose to identify as intersex – or

2) those with a DSD, who may not use or even like the term?

By adding the I, are you erasing the needs of the most vulnerable, including newly diagnosed children and instead prioritising the needs of people who see “intersex” as an identity, for ever more spurious reasons?

So, let’s think about needs?

Surely any genuinely inclusive organisation would want to consider the needs of the most vulnerable as a priority – and when this comes to the I, surely this would prioritise the 0.2% living with complex differences of sex development.  Some of these conditions are listed below:

Klinefelter’s Syndrome

Turner Syndrome

Mixed Gonadal Dysgenesis (Mosacism)

Complete Gonadal Dysgenesis

Partial Gonadal Dysgenesis

Frasier Syndrome

5-alpha reductase deficiency

17-beta deficiency

Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

Partial Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

Persistent Mullerian Duct Syndrome

Ovostesticular DSD

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster Hauser (MRKH) syndrome

If your organisation does not know the names and does not understand the needs of people living with these complex conditions, are you in any way able to advocate for them?

Did you know that Turner syndrome can be associated with significant heart and kidney problems – or that Klinefelter’s can increase the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes or osteoporosis?

Does your organisation understand that girls with MRKH or Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, may find out as young teens that they were born without a uterus and with a short vagina and that this can impact on both fertility and sexual function?  Can you provide information about options for vaginal hypoplasia, which can include dilators and surgery?  Can you provide the psychological support needed to come to terms with this information?  Are you aware that she may find her bodily difference being described as “intersex”, incredibly difficult – especially if this is done as part of “inclusivity” training and without understanding anything about her needs?

It may be especially difficult for a young teen, to be faced with their bodily difference being described as neither male or female, as is frequently suggested by lessons using the GenderBread person.  Is this genuinely being “inclusive”, or is this using a vulnerable group of people without considering their needs – and without engaging with expert advice as detailed here. https://dsdfamilies.org/application/files/9116/3519/2768/July_2021_schools.pdf

Does your organisation know that every year in the UK, around 150 babies are born with complex genital difference?  This can be associated with a number of life threatening and life limiting syndromes and further investigations may be needed to determine the cause and in rare cases, whether best to raise baby as a boy or a girl? Do you offer support to new parents facing these issues, so that they are able to advocate for their children?  Are you aware that labelling these babies as neither male or female or a third sex, can increase the risk of unnecessary surgeries?  Do you provide funding so that parents are equipped with the skills to raise confident children living with different bodies?

Does your organisation know that one of the most common causes of atypical genitalia, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), is a medical emergency and associated with the possibility of a life-threatening adrenal crisis?  Babies can develop arrhythmias, vomiting and dehydration shortly after birth and will need lifelong medication.  What support and information do you offer to these families – and does your organisation understand that the overwhelming majority of people with CAH, reject the term intersex?  Does your organisation understand that someone with CAH may be sitting in your “inclusivity” training and may be distressed by how you are describing their bodily difference?

When adding the I, without really understanding the I, are you misrepresenting the needs and bodies of people born with variations of sex developments and adding to public confusion?  Are you contributing to these conditions being weaponised and turned into memes that are used to discuss issues around sex and gender, without any genuine interest in needs?  Do you consider that there are likely people working in your organisation, who are living with these complex conditions and may find it traumatic to have their medical conditions misrepresented?

Most importantly, when adding the I, are you removing funding opportunities from the most at need – and are you preventing funding being available to meet the needs of those who are living with complex variations of sex development?

If by adding the I, you are genuinely wanting to improve the lives of people born with variations of sex development, we need more than just a hashtag – we need funding and services that prioritise our healthcare and psychological support.  If you genuinely want to be inclusive, do not misrepresent or ignore the voices of the people you are claiming to support – and do not add the I without first listening and understanding our needs.

If you are claiming to stand against interphobia and really want to end discrimination, please start by ensuring you don’t make the I invisible by ignoring our needs.

And finally, if you are serious about inclusion and your organisation really believes that we are more than just a hashtag, consider donating to our needs https://dsdfamilies.org/donate

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Stop using intersex people as pawns in identity bullshit. Particularly when you don’t know what it means.

For more information about DSDs, aka “intersex,” see: “Biology of DSDs - Exploring the basic biology of eight congenital conditions of sex development.”

[ancientorigins]

Klinefelter syndrome was only diagnosed for the first time in 1942 but now a Portuguese skeleton from the 11th-century AD has been found with the same genetic signature.

[intersexfairy]

I have a question what’s the difference between PAIS symptoms and Klinefelter Syndrome

Cause I am intersex and I know it sounds like it’s faking I am not, but I have feminine curves,slight breasts, low testosterone, no Adams apple and no facial hair growth and less body hair and I was assigned male at birth

super late on this but i dont know too much about PAIS or KS. i mean they come about differently, PAIS is due to androgen insensitivity whereas KS is from having XXY chromosomes.

edit; my info was wrong but this glossary may be helpful, especially if there's something else that may fit your presentation other than KS and PAIS.

[corythesaxon]

I really wish people stopped lumping Intersex people in with Non-Binary. Like yeah I’m both of those things but not everyone is. The reason I talk about this is because I’m reading an article for my research methods class and it’s about a 1,000 year old Finnish grave that contained a person with Klinefelter syndrome. The title reads PERSON FROM 1,000 YEARS AGO WAS A NON-BINARY WARRIOR.

I just don’t get this…

The reason the remains were found with both male and female stuff was because his tribe didn’t know what he was. Not because he was an ancient Enby.

[butchbarbieagainstterfs]

are you on any HRT?

i'm asking because i'm also intersex (klinefelter syndrome/XXY sex chromosomes to be specific), recently got diagnosed & was wondering if i can live a healthy life without taking any hormones, or if i should start taking them for my health.

unfortunately, doctors in my country aren't really trained to learn much about intersex conditions other than the basics, so they weren't of much help.

Hello!

I am, yes. I’m on E and wouldn’t get a period without it. My body would go into a menopausal state if I didn’t take it.

In your case personally though, I’m not that knowledgable about Klinefelter syndrome and am unsure about whether you would need it. Have they by any chance looked into your hormone levels?

[genderqueerdykes]

Can someone with XXY/klinefelter syndrome be 5’10 my body fits having XXY/klinefelter syndrome small yk firm b@lls,growing boobs,etc but I am 5’10

my research shows that most people with XXY/klinefelter syndrome typical tend to err around the "taller" side of the normal height range for amab people, due to having longer legs than perisex amab people, however, i think that 5'10" falls into that height range. i'm not seeing specific height ranges for klinefelter's, but considering that 5'10" is by no means short, i don't think that would disqualify you for klinefelter's, not every person with the condition is super tall.

hope that helps or made sense! obviously i can't diagnose you or anything like that, but my research doesn't show that being 5'10" would be considered too short or anything like that for the condition. hope that helps, i hope you're able to seek further care for that and figure out if you do have the condition. take care, stay safe, feel free to ask any more questions you may have, i'll see what i can do!

if anyone has or has experience with klinefelter syndrome please feel free to chime in!

[riddlemethisjeremy]

Casually in psychology class and we start talking about Intersex people and different biological causes for being Intersex and broski comes out here and just describes Jaylinn's entire way their Intersex works that shits crazy

For the record Jaylinn has Klinefelter Syndrome <3 we love my lil guy

[maybeasunflower]

Meanwhile in Canada...

It would be really helpful if just one person in the media asked Poilievre to define "biological male".

I'm betting he doesn't have a definition that takes into consideration people with androgen insensitivity syndrome (XY genotype, often female phenotype and AFAB) or Klinefelter syndrome (XXY genotype, variable phenotype and assigned-at-birth gender) or trans men.

It's very revealing that all the pundits are saying his messaging on inflation / cost of living / economic issues are why he's doing well in the polls... yet he still decides this is the battle he wants to pick.

(For non-Canadians: Poilievre is the leader of the opposition federal Conservative Party. If current polling holds true, he will be Canada's next Prime Minister with a majority government).

[klinefelterrible]

Starting 2024 with

Feeling I should have been born female

Getting regular testosterone shots because of my Klinefelter's

Getting boners all the time

ALL THE TIME

I mean I feel aroused all the time especially by the idea of becoming or just literally being a girl while nonchalantly getting hard all the time

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Published: May 21, 2022

In this issue, I am privileged to publish an essay from a good friend, who is actually a non-binary person: one of the very few people with an intersex condition. As such, he is uniquely positioned to comment on the way that medical conditions like his are appropriated by the Woke to spread their ideology. This is his only published writing on the topic and I am honored to publish it. —HMN

I am Actually Non-Binary

One plus one equals two. Unless you are online, then one plus one might equal three. Or four. Or five. This is an interesting argument that I’ve encountered and have tried to wrap my head around. Especially since I’m an extra one.

What do I mean by this? I – and I’m assuming many who are not online or on Twitter on a regular basis – understand gender and sex to be interchangeable. When we say woman, we mean a homo sapiens with a female phenotype and XX chromosomes. When we say man, we mean a homo sapiens with a male phenotype and XY chromosomes. This is the “binary” that is somehow problematic, despite being a simple material reality. Calling it problematic is like calling out sand for being made of silicate to be problematic. Or calling out hydrogen peroxide for not liking silver problematic.

Granted, it is not a perfect binary. There are outliers. Referred to as aneuploidy, these are people whom have an extra chromosome the most common being trisomies, having one extra chromosome - such as a 47,XXX or XXY or XYY. There are also rarer monosomies (only X is viable, this is known as Turner Syndrome), tetrasomies (four chromosomes) and pentasomies (five chromosomes).

I’m a 47,XXY with a male phenotype and it’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

How did I get this condition?

I was born from an older mother in a fairly poor region of New England. This increased the risk for this condition to occur. In addition to that, where I was born was very poor, and had very polluted water – similar to Flint, Michigan, but went untreated from the 1960s to the 1990s. I was born in 1981, and it was only in 1991 the community was informed of the pollution. Cancer rates in my home town are far higher than the national average as a result, and my mother drinking this water while carrying me might have had an impact on my pre-natal development. For example, when I was born, I was a preemie, and spent three months in a neo-natal ICU suffering from lung and kidney failures.

Growing up my extra chromosome had an impact. I didn’t like sports because I was very uncoordinated and thus did poorly. I was tall and lanky when most of my friends were still short – I’m the tallest in my family as well, by a solid two or three inches compared to all my cousins. I struggled in school. This was further impacted by growing up exceedingly poor. I didn’t have access to resources or special programs to help me. My school couldn’t afford them, nor could my parents.  There was a program in my state’s capital city – but the cost was three times what my dad made in a year for two months. It was also an hour and a half away which made it difficult to get too since both my parents worked.

Were there struggles? Yes. I got teased a lot. I sometimes felt ashamed of my body – why wasn’t I as coordinated as the other guys? Why was I tired all the time? Why couldn’t I develop muscle mass? Why did I have breast tissue development? Why did my voice never really drop? Gym was hard for me due to embarrassment, and the fact no one ever wanted me on their team for team sports – I really sucked. But I worked through it.

I struggled with language, writing, and building essays. I didn’t start talking till I was almost three years old, and struggled with verbal expression until I was 12. I had a hard time holding on to ideas. I could verbalize what I wanted very well, but writing was (and is to this day) a challenge. I could watch a friend of mine write an essay in an hour and get an A, while I’d take a week and get a B-.

I have problems with sensory issues. I can’t stand the touch of polyester, nylon or other artificial fibers. I can only wear cotton and wool. I often over react to certain situations, and generally assume hostility where none existed. These are all things I work on. Except for polyester – it’s the devil’s fabric.

My parents were also distant. When I was born they didn’t even name me – my sister did. I didn’t bond with them as I have observed most people bond with their parents. I was often referred to as a “mistake” or a “setback”. As I said, we were poor. My birth impacted my parents retirement plans significantly. I had additional medical needs due to my endocrine system not working properly. I was clumsy and got into accidents more often. These all were setbacks. Every time I got reminded that I was a burden. Heck, I wasn’t even allowed to have my own clothes till I was a teenager. I had to wear my sister’s hand me downs. Let me tell you that this caused more issues in school then any physical manifestation of my condition.

My interests weren’t in line with typical boy stuff as well. I was an outsider from the get go. I loved home economics (I still sew and bake, they’re favorite hobbies), and I loved horses (I actually started riding a few years ago). As I said, I wasn’t a fan of sports, though I’m better at faking it now. I never really got or understood male bonding, and had very few close friends.

I was non-binary in a world where such distinctions weren’t even talking points yet. Where there was no talk about gender conforming surgery or puberty blockers or insistence on “pronouns”. I present as a male. I get called he/him.

But here is the thing.

Identifying As A Thing vs Being The Thing

I do not identify as non-binary. I AM non-binary. As in actually, medically, officially, in the material sense a non-binary person. And – frankly – I deeply resent the appropriation of my lived experience by those who have no genetic or physical abnormality yet try to force such language for themselves. My condition is not something that is to be “celebrated” or anyone should want to “experience”.

Let me stop for a minute. I reject, absolutely, the idea of gender and physical sex being separate. The material condition of the vast majorities of our species is a sex binary: Male. Female. There are outliers such as myself. But we’re just that – abnormal outliers. And that’s not a slur, nor should it be seen as a slur. I am abnormal. I am outside the normal distribution of chromosomes. In a random sample of people, 99% of the time you’ll get XX/XY as the population of your sample. That’s “normal”. It is not evil or good in a moral sense. It’s just material reality. Claiming that my use of abnormal is “bad” or “evil” is like claiming that finding a four leaf clover in a field of three leaf clovers is bad or evil – it isn’t. It’s an abnormal rare event that is kind of interesting. There are downsides, I outlined some above but there are others. Those are just part of the material reality. It’s like being mad you have to drink water. Or breathe oxygen. It just is.

One plus one does equal two. One plus one plus one equals three. However, discussions of sets of one greater than two should be rare and are best discussed in the medical and scientific communities.

Material Reality Matters

Let’s be clear - the material is the reality. Males with properly functioning XY chromosomes are generally faster and have strong hand-eye coordination, this can – but does not have to – lead to an interest and like for sports. Since my chromosomes don’t function properly, I am not fast and coordinated. I didn’t dislike sports out of some kind of gender identification. I disliked them because I was bad at them, and didn’t feel like doing stuff I was bad at! That might be lazy, which is fine. I liked sewing not because I identified as a woman (and holy shit is that sexist as fuck), but because sitting my ass in a chair and using a sewing machine with hand guards was something I could do without a high risk of major injury and thus became something I was interested in.

And I like baking because it’s applied mathematics. And home made bread both smells delicious while baking and tastes amazing. This might have something to do with my stomach size but that’s not the focus of this essay.

When I hear someone say that they are non-binary because they like dresses or some other social reason it is just so sad. Before we claim that preferences are somehow sex based, I want to see where having an XY or XX chromosome pair is a requirement for that. It sure as hell has not stopped me from doing what I want with my life.

Math is not male. You can like math if you have any set of chromosomes. You can wear a dress with any set of chromosomes. Go right ahead. Hell put some feathers in a hat and throw that on too. Liking dresses is not a sex characteristic. Liking cars is not a sex characteristic. Liking sewing or painting or digging ditches is not a sex characteristic.

Please show me where you need a penis to do math, or where you need a vagina to wear a dress.

Wanting to be a special unique wildflower who can get other people to bend to your will is not a sex characteristic – it’s a totalitarian characteristic.

If you are part of the normal distribution (XX and XY) who just happen to like things that might be outliers to like, you are not non-binary. And pretending that you are is having significant material harm on people. Let’s talk about why.

There are risks when you have extra chromosomes. While I am “healthy” I am at much higher risks for certain diseases. For example, diabetes. Insulin requires testosterone to be produced. I am testosterone deficient, thus I am insulin deficient. I need to be put on testosterone therapy – and I spent two hours talking to my doctor about the risks and how she feels those risks are outweighed by the risks of doing nothing. Most of my problems actually come from endocrine disruption.

Don’t Medically Manipulate Kids

Yet we want to talk about putting kids on puberty blockers or disrupting their endocrine function simply because if they say they are the opposite gender we must just accept that? And for those who say that isn’t happening… well, here you go. We are basically saying that to help children we must force them into artificial versions of my condition. And there are risks, and that’s where the next danger comes from.

Discussions about studying or researching this is often met with claims of transphobia. I have a condition which while not something that could lower my life expectancy does have an impact on conditions which do lower life expectancy and led to significant struggles growing up. I want doctors and scientists to research this. Would I have had an easier time studying with proper medications introduced earlier in my life or even prenatal? Would I have had the lankiness and clumsiness with proper testosterone monitoring or intervention?

Most importantly, I don’t want other people to go through it.

Artificially inflicting 47, XXY by purposefully disrupting a boy’s endocrine system is not going to help them (or inflicting 47, XXX on a girl). Depression and mental health disorders are incredibly common in such situations. If they are feeling depressed already, disrupting their testosterone isn’t going to help. It will, in fact harm them. Remember that there are no long term studies on the impact of this – but we know what happens to those with chromosome disorders, and while we can live normal lives, we will struggle with a wide variety of problems.

I am non-binary. The worst of my struggles were not driven by my gender identity or presentation – they were driven by the material conditions I was born and raised in. It was poverty that impacted me the most, not gender dysphoria – and yes I have sex characteristics that are female and male. In fact, 47, XXY can present as female.

If I had been born and grown up in today’s world I would be going through puberty blockers and gender confirming surgery, all of which would result in my health degrading and becoming worse. I would be told I should be a woman – in fact, I was asked by my doctor if I wanted to explore transition fairly recently! And no – I don’t.

Why not? Because I’m me. I’ve always been me. I do not allow others to define me based on what I like or am interested in. I am happy with the me I have become. I am proud of myself for learning how to socialize, to understand my world and better navigate it. I am proud of my career in STEM, despite my struggles with language and communication. I feel that inspite of my struggles I am pretty awesome as a guy.

I am completely okay being a man. Nothing that I like or do or facts about my body make me less of a man. In fact, the opposite is pretty sexist and totalitarian, not liberating. I am liberated because I can accept that my material and physical body is not in charge of my likes or interests. I do not need to categorize myself by others expectations because I am happy with who I am. Nothing changes that. Nothing will change the fact that I have XXY chromosomes.

And that’s okay. That’s good.

The Soft Bigotry of Ideological Bullshit

And conversations online about gender and sex are the exact opposite. Instead of being liberating they represent the worst and most toxic attitudes of the 1950s. Where a person like me would be told they cannot be a man, that they must be queer or trans or something else and this is repeated over and over. When I was younger I was not as confident as I am today. Like the vast majority of teenagers I wanted to be accepted and part of a group. If I had been told I was trans I probably would have jumped on it for that feeling of acceptance. I would have been told that I was not a proper man. Not in so many words of course, just like my doctor today I would have been told I could be a woman – implying heavily that I should just do it. I would have had my insecurities manipulated and magnified. I would have come to believe what I was being told.

It’s soft bigotry. I’m sure they feel they are doing the right thing, but they aren’t. They’re saying “You can’t be a man because you don’t do typically manly man stuff.” That’s sexist and frankly, bullshit. I am a man. Full stop. Nothing anyone says can take that away from me.

And anyone who said otherwise would have been wrong. I grew out of it. I found strengths and things that made me happy and confident. I found an amazing wife and life partner. I found friends and work and a sense of belonging in the world – all while looking and acting non-conforming.

What Struggling Kids Need to Know

And here is where I hope that a child who is struggling with their own identity will find this helpful. I didn’t engage in constant struggle sessions about my gender or force other people to call me special words that if they screwed up would make me flip my shit. I did it by just finding out what I liked and living my life. I refused to accept someone else’s categories in my life – and be absolutely sure that while the online gender community wants to talk about deconstructing gender, they are absolutely constructing much tighter cages to shove everyone into. To which I say “No thank you!”

Accept yourself as yourself. If you are XY or XX feel lucky. Embrace it. Embrace your growth and hormones and feel lucky your endocrine system works. Feel blessed that you probably have a normal body and that it is one thing that will not hold you back in the world. There are real, material consequences to screwing around with this system, and no your doctors do not understand the impacts.

There are two ways to go through life. You can be angry all the time and lash out at the world, and demand that it fall to your whims – you can try it. It won’t work. Or you’ll just harm a lot of people and maybe that will feel good in the moment but it will catch up with you. It is a hard life to see the whole world as your enemy, to want to fight everyone and everything. Violence against others is, at the end of the day, violence against yourself as well. Do you really think people who spend all day on Twitter pouring through years of tweets looking for something “problematic” are happy people? Do you really want to live that life? I want to learn how to make a saddle. I want to learn how to bake more breads. I want to be happy and have an interesting and positive impact on the world around my non-binary self.

Your other path is to simply accept yourself on your own terms. Do not make gender or race or anything else a part of your identity. You are you. If you are an XY male and you want to wear make up or do your nails – then do so. You do you. Do not allow others to tell you who you are or what you are and don’t do that to other people. Let other people figure out who they are and what they are. Be free and help free others. Don’t force people into little boxes. Don’t force people to acknowledge your box. I have been mis-gendered. My voice is a nonconforming aspect of who I am. I did not get angry. Sometimes I even let them think I’m a female for the laughs. It’s always funny to see the confusion on their face when I show up as my awesome male self.

Helping People Who Are Actually Non-Binary

The best way we can help non-binary people right now in today’s world is not struggle sessions and pronouns. It is by focusing on the material conditions that lead to these conditions and ways to treat them. Because there are real and dangerous health effects. I do not choose to be non-binary. It is not my identity. It is my material reality. To see others making a mockery of it and distorting the science of it is harming me and people like me. We need real science looking into this, and we need to stop artificially inflicting chromosome syndromes on other children.

We need to stop our sick obsession with gender and let people be people. Let the vast majority of sets be 1 + 1, and know that if there is a third 1 in there, that actually is a medical issue. It is not an opportunity to do LARPing.

[nicolagriffith]

Snippets—sex-chromosome syndromes in history

What can the atypical autosomal and sex chromosome karyotypes—beyond the XX XY binary—of 5 people buried in Britain over the last 3,000 years teach us about humanity, difference, and kindness? Quite a lot

Recently, in Communications Biology, Kyriaki Anastasiadou (Francis Crick Institute, London) et al report they have identified aneuploidies (atypical autosomal and sex chromosome karyotypes—that is, something other than XX or XY) in five people buried in Britain over the last 3,000 years, including:1 the oldest known instance of mosaic Turner syndrome dating to the Early Iron Age, three…