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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pidgeon: Raise your hands if you have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.88,0:00:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,testes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.100,0:00:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All: I’m Pidgeon. I’m Alice. I’m Emily,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.47,0:00:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m Saifa. And we are intersexy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.03,0:00:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emily: Intersex describes a person
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.51,0:00:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who doesn’t fit the typical definition
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.19,0:00:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of male or female.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.76,0:00:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alice: I have XY chromosomes but typical
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.27,0:00:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,female genitalia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.77,0:00:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emily: I’m a girl who has testes and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.56,0:00:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,XY chromosomes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.47,0:00:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pidgeon: I identify as a queer, gender
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.14,0:00:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,non-conforming intersex person.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.22,0:00:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saifa: I identify as a Black intersex man
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.79,0:00:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pidgeon: Intersex is not new.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.20,0:00:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s been around since the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.32,0:00:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of human existence. I mean there was
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.25,0:00:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably even intersex dinosaurs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.75,0:00:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.15,0:00:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emily: Transgender has to do with your
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.66,0:00:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gender identity, whereas intersex
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.69,0:00:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to do with your biological
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.46,0:00:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,characteristics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.61,0:00:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saifa: Often, intersex people get
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.52,0:00:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surgeries that they don’t want
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.20,0:00:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and transgender people have to fight
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.56,0:00:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for surgeries that they do want.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.39,0:01:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saifa: They gave my mom the excuse that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.36,0:01:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the internal testes were cancerous,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.73,0:01:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I would develop cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.53,0:01:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pidgeon: They didn’t even come up with an
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.08,0:01:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excuse, basically, in terms of a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.29,0:01:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,health-related reason. They instead just
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.40,0:01:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said it was about the appearance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.12,0:01:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emily: A lot of doctors are very
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.92,0:01:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uncomfortable with the fact that I have
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.22,0:01:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have testes, and they are still
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.13,0:01:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to get them removed. But I’m
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.26,0:01:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perfectly healthy and there’s nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.37,0:01:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrong with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.01,0:01:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alice: They did a surgery to remove my
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.88,0:01:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,testes and told my parents to take me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.56,0:01:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home and just raise me as a girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.09,0:01:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn’t find out about it myself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.94,0:01:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I was 12.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.79,0:01:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saifa: There aren’t a lot of options,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.62,0:01:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or medical providers don’t explore
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.86,0:01:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other options.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.39,0:01:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom would put me in dresses and she
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.54,0:01:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be like “Oh, aren’t you so cute”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.24,0:01:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and “You’re so pretty” and I’d be like
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.31,0:01:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“No! This is horrible! Rah!” I was um,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.07,0:01:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put on hormonal treatment which
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.78,0:01:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consisted of estrogen and progesterone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.78,0:02:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just wanted to belong. I wanted to fit
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.91,0:02:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in. I didn’t want to be different. So
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.77,0:02:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though I knew something
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.24,0:02:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,felt amiss, I conformed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.84,0:02:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was very condescending, he was like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.90,0:02:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“You intersex advocates don’t know what
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.96,0:02:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you’re talking about.”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.03,0:02:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emily: It’s difficult for intersex people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.71,0:02:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find each other because from an early
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.62,0:02:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,age we’re told not to talk about our
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.99,0:02:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.80,0:02:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saifa: I did feel like I was the only
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.54,0:02:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.98,0:02:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emily: My doctors always told me there
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.76,0:02:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was nobody else like me and so it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.02,0:02:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perpetuates a vicious cycle of shame and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.88,0:02:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stigma that we can’t break out of.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.78,0:02:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emily: I would tell another intersex
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.94,0:02:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,person that, you are worthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.53,0:02:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are loveable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.66,0:02:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saifa: Your body is beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.86,0:02:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’re beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.47,0:02:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alice: Intersex people don’t need to be
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.92,0:02:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fixed, there’s nothing wrong with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.02,0:02:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pidgeon: I know you feel like you might\N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.23,0:02:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not be able get through this.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.40,0:02:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know you might have really dark
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.52,0:03:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thoughts. But I want you to know that \N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.70,0:03:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meeting other intersex people, and finding
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.75,0:03:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a community, or a support group, can be
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.74,0:03:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the most important aspects in your
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.05,0:03:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healing process. And we’re out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.87,0:03:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re out here. We’re here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.48,0:03:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just hope you can find us.