On Tuesday, Sara Kelly Keenan received the first New York state — and possibly United States — intersex birth certificate in the mail. According to a recent profile in NBC News, Keenan was born intersex — with male genes, female genitalia and mixed reproductive organs. Her new birth certificate now reads "intersex" rather than male or female.
"Intersex" refers to individuals whose reproductive or sexual anatomy doesn't necessarily fit with the definition of male or female.
The "biology always win" comments are a little insensitive given the "corrective surgeries" many intersex people go through, without consent, to "correct their biology", but this is ATRL, so we're just lucky certain members haven't called this person's existence "an ugly SJW lie" or something.
i'm glad about this. intersex people really are mistreated and tend to be left out of activism a lot of the time. it's really nice to see progress for them.
