Born Intersex: we are human! | Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez | TEDxJacksonville

[@welmaflint8181]

This talk has really opened my eyes. My heart goes out to all those who were so hurt by the discrimination due to lack of knowledge. Thank you for speaking out

[@mx.anunnakiraymarquez6295]

I thank you for this kind message. Together we change this world by sharing intersex stories. They can't erase us if they can't silence us. This world has to change.

[@boudiccaprasutagus5709]

@@mx.anunnakiraymarquez6295 The idea that babies born intersex can be legally mutilated by surgical procedures is something I could never understand. It is just 100% logical that these children should be allowed to grow up and decide by themselves what gender identity they feel it fits them. I can't even fathom how could anyone think it would be ok to proceed with invasive medical interventions when no one - not the parents or even science - knows what the intersexed human being will be when he/she grows up. Such surgical interventions should not only be considered illegal, they should be called body mutilations and the penalty for its perpetrators must be a lengthy jail time. Same with clitoridectomy, practiced by some Islamists: it is clearly mutilation, it is a crime and we impose jail time for anyone doing it in the Western World. May intersex mutilations be treated the same.

[@mx.anunnakiraymarquez6295]

@@boudiccaprasutagus5709 people in power and control get away with it to this day, and often.

[@lilmomjuly8743]

What an AMAZING bit of education. Thank you for sharing your story. I believe differences is what makes our world colorful. You weren't born that way by mistake you were born that way intentionally.

[@brotherk9951]

"As a child I felt like an alien visitor, visiting from another world." Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, an intersex man, appeals to parents, doctors and society, DON'T CUT THE GENITALS OF CHILDREN.

[@naomidoner9803]

Yeah. I'm pretty sure we're all aliens at this pt...no consent no cut!!!!!!

[@mx.anunnakiraymarquez6295]

It is every child's human right to remain with uncut genitals regardless if we are born endosex or intersex. Self-determination as consenting adults is also our human right. This world has to do better. Thank you for all the hard work you do for bodily autonomy, @brotherk9951.

[@DonPurvis]

Thank you for having the strength to fight for our rights!

[@sonofhibbs4425]

It should be celebrated. God made these people this way. It’s vile to me that doctors are allowed to operate on these children without the child’s consent. It’s not for them to decide. The child should decide. We can learn a lot from intersexed people. We are fortunate to have them and for them to share their experience. I am glad to hear that intersex is now an option on the birth certificate, as it should be. Best wishes to all those born intersexed-may the future accept and celebrate and not hide or denigrate your uniqueness.

[@FabianArtist]

Son Of Hibbs amen❤️🙏🏼

[@Mralbertorivera1]

I'm happy to hear intersex is on birth certificates in some places. I don't think we should demonize (not saying anyone on this thread is guilty) doctors or parents who think otherwise. Parents believe they are doing what's in the best interest of the child and doctors are trying to help them. We need to address social "norms". It's interesting to think about what the law would look like if the parent doesn't have that option of making decisions for their children. Would the law stop parents from transitioning children with Gender Dysphoria? Are there born intersex children who are happy their parents did the surgery?

[@mx.anunnakiraymarquez6295]

@@Mralbertorivera1 when it comes to something as personal as one's gender identity no one can decide that for another person. It is not so much that we need laws to stop parents from making choices for their child. It is that we need to create a world that understands that only the intersex baby knows who they should be. This means we have to wait for the child to decide. It is that simple.

[@deborahsevigny4763]

Well said... Thank you

[@skylerlewis4005]

🚸 needs

[@RainbowRoundtable]

So proud of you Anunnaki! You speak for so many people who struggle to find their voice. Keep your chin up.

[@mx.anunnakiraymarquez6295]

I really appreciate your love and support! Thank you for helping me to end cultural dysphoria!

[@Sweetdification]

I Need more Support outside of the lgbtq community?! It Doesn't Quite Fit Us 😒 But you can reach me at 303-435-0676

[@barbaracarpenter2583]

This subject should be talked about more publicly

[@Ciobenediction]

I am intersex from africa i want help

[@marydavis7607]

I will always remember the eye opening information you have shared. I don’t know how you were able to share such painful information with us, but I understand the depth of character it took to feel the need to do so. I have met you, sat with you, heard your story. I will never forget. I deeply felt your pain, and the strength of character you possess. You have made the world a better place by sharing your story. You have opened our eyes to see more of the hidden pain and taboos that are so real, so painful, so unfair, and so well hidden.

[@NixinVictus]

Thank you for telling your story! I've spoken with various intersex people who have been inculcated to believe that they're somehow a disorder and it's heartbreaking. I'm trans and as an ally, I love and support my intersex sibs!

[@criticalthinking6860]

Proud to be intersex! 🌈

[@piney496]

I really appreciate this talk and how it was worded so sincerely and succinctly. Here's to a better future.

[@theunexpressedable]

Thank you for speaking for all those who have no voice.

[@wilmaspuppets]

Keep getting the message out there. The more people know about us, the better everyone will be.

[@kerrynock2108]

Thank you for helping me understand my own body

[@wkandpwrless]

Hey it’s Joycelyn!! Just watching again because I shared your story and talk with someone at work. I’m so proud of you for doing this and not just fighting for yourself but for all the other people who face similar challenges. I’m proud to call you my friend

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

The same folks who want to outlaw gender-affirming care don't blink at the gender mutilation of intersex children. Makes me furious.

[@mishakailana]

Awesome video Mx. Annunaki, I loved how you shared your history, and others in a short video. I think you should do an hour long talk on Tedx. Good to see you.

[@scur]

This needs more views this is really important 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@deboraharthur1272]

I understand and you are welcome in my world just as you are. So many feel this way you just hear from the ones who refuse to accept people who are different in anyway from them. So yeah. This is a very good video. Its explains a lot to those who know nothing about any of this. Love to you.

[@chakrakhanesh]

I wonder about his hormonal distributions, like in what ratio are estrogen, testosterone & other hormones present. Also about periods - giving birth means you have a uterus. I never knew there were so many intersex people in the world. I am going to educate myself on this as much as I can! This is truly fascinating and unfortunately swept under the rug so much you'd think it was super rare. 1.9%! That's almost every 2 people out of 100.

[@NixinVictus]

and there are only so little intersex people because they've been systematically sterilized and removed from the gene pool through coercive assignment. There used to be a much much higher percentage of intersex humans as there are in the rest of the animal kingdom. There are also a lot more people who aren't visibly or "genetically" intersex, but that have various differently differentiated parts throughout the body to different degrees. it's life.

[@a_diamond]

Thank you and yes, some people don't find out until they have fertility issues or find out their children's genetic makeup doesn't match their mothers and it takes a lot of pain and time to get everything sorted out..

[@jakestarratt2336]

Fantastic! Please keep fighting for the rights of intersex folks. I see you!! You are real and valid!! Thanks Anunnaki!!

[@mx.anunnakiraymarquez6295]

Thank you Jake Farr, this is heartfelt.

[@beeps123]

Jake Starratt Are you deprived or what when u were born. Just let it go.

[@a_diamond]

Thank you.

[@AlexMint]

@@beeps123 I'm not going to let it go when this still happens to children around the world who'll wind up just as traumatized as I did. Intersex people deserve childhood innocence just as much as dyadic people.

[@Sweetdification]

Exactly 👏✝️ Ame

[@iren66ful]

Excellent and deep true speach, of an excellent fellow human on the other side of the Atlantic, that some years back (when doctors forced us to terminate our xxy featus) helped me to open my eyes and mind to knowledge and open my heart to welcome my awesome intersex baby too. You have for life my respect & thankfulness Mx. Annunaki, I really want to meet you some day for this warmest hug I own you. We all together are going to change this cruel world to an all-human-inclusive one. Venceremos! Life and Knowledge shall win!

[@mx.anunnakiraymarquez6295]

Wow, thank you. Yes, together we change this cruel world. I appreciate your love and support.

[@joukeboerma]

thank you for making the world a better place for our children!

[@mx.anunnakiraymarquez6295]

Absolutely. Thank you for love and support.

[@rishelschimmel7358]

My belief is that drawing from the feminine and masculine has been empowering. As a born female I could not bring myself to be or feel girlish. This talk is relatable to me.

[@therealblackcarin2141]

This was sad yet fascinating... God bless and keep you surrounded by an army of angels! 💞

[@huyenthi-mariango]

I'm so happy I came across this video, coincidentally at 46 years old. Thank you for articulating the bias I go through. I'm the victim of transphobia, all day, everyday & I'm not even trans, which makes it even more outrageous.

[@lisarose9889]

😂

[@ainnochaim9450]

You can blame TRA's for this, not "transphobia."

[@Nan-59]

Thank you for speaking about this. It’s soo important!

[@Bonobo3D]

Powerful and deeply moving presentation! Thank you Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez, thank you!

[@Ciobenediction]

I was born intersex i want help

[@pattyayers]

I just learned a lot!

[@stevenwhinnery]

Brilliant and uplifting talk. Thank you so much!!!!!

[@kipsamples814]

Wow, so powerful. I am proud to call you my friend. You are the strongest person I know.

[@mx.anunnakiraymarquez6295]

Kip, thank you! This is heart felt.

[@CarterHarvey]

So powerful. Thank you for sharing these truths and raising awareness.

[@tisha_harrison]

I applaud you, Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez!!! ♥️ Thank you for sharing your light and your blessing through this talk. May your journey to share Intersex awareness bring hope and peace to this Earth and her peoples. 🙏🏼

[@ruthebole1657]

Proud to be one, and proud of you 👏 ❤

[@rachelkerr4976]

thank you for helping people understand and learn for the future x

[@johngreen1776]

It is definitely time that we show love to all of Gods children. I was totally unaware of how common this really is. Why is this such a secret? It is not shameful, it is how someone is born. Two people out of one hundred is a lot of people. I totally support and find love for these people. Any church that would throw out one of Gods children over this, is not one of Gods churches. Thanks for your bravery, God Bless.

[@molokoid]

Bravo! You did a great job! And I learned new things today.

[@brightbite]

There is not only social value to Intersex People, but also spiritual value. There are enormous implications of a "Sea Horse Dad" in terms of creation stories.

[@rebeccaketner816]

Thank you so much.

[@mxdonteaujaeel2905]

It was a pleasure meeting you at Q Christian Conference 2019. Your story and presence are inspiring. Thank you for fighting to be you.

[@mx.anunnakiraymarquez6295]

Thank you, and please keep sharing my message to the world.

[@danaventura5998]

Thank you for a very informative talk.

[@Kaerusss]

Top notch public speaker and an excellently prepared presentation. Great vid!

[@DeliciousDeBlair]

AMEN!!! END THIS HORRIBLE CULTURAL DYSPHORIA!!!

[@skypeters1627]

Nilanjana sahaji Did you watch the video before making this comment? They didn’t call being intersex cultural dysphoria, they explained that intersex is someone born somewhere between male and female binary. They said cultural dysphoria referring to the people around them making them feel unwanted and unaccepted, because they didn’t feel they were born in the wrong body compared to that of trans people who do feel they were born with the wrong body.

[@chaoticevilwinds6669]

Actually being intersex is mankind's original primordial state!

[@chaoticevilwinds6669]

Call it the Primordial Androgyny!

[@lunafrankenstein2566]

Thank you so much for sharing. Your words are powerful and moving 💝

[@gizmo357]

Thank you for letting your voice be heard! Stay strong and keep up the fight, you have friends that have your back all the way! 💝

[@mx.anunnakiraymarquez6295]

Dyana, I really appreciate your love and support. Thank you!

[@vivianigbenedion818]

Thank you for speaking out from another intersex person. 😊

[@actuallyadog_]

You are such a cool and beautiful person!!! Thank you for this talk!!

[@f151lgg]

just give them the right to sue the perpetrators.

[@jaimemv6091]

Ooooo....was here for Annunaki as in the supposed creators of the first advanced civilizations but am glad this was explained to me

[@joniharris9296]

I legit cried. One of the best talks I've seen

[@im19ice3]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 seahorse dad is awesome

[@Donteatacowman]

I'm trying to educate myself about this topic and this video convinced me to donate some money to interACT. Thanks!!

[@felistusmpande6434]

God bless you, am speaking from experience it has never been easy 😭😭😭

[@terriem3922]

I'm so glad those horrendous surgeries are stopping. When I was four, I saw my body and brother and sister in the bathtub, and thought, "Why are there only two kinds? I thought there was supposed to be five or six". At that time, I didn't so much think I was a girl, but that my true identity was an Elephant.

[@naemasufi7588]

I am really sorry you suffered so much.

[@LuisaD93]

Excellent talk!

[@Lynnefromlyn]

What an astonishing talk. Thank you so much for your informative talk. I wish you and all of your intersex friends all the love and joy and safety and recognition in the world. You are breaking down barriers .

[@HappyAtheist4ever]

Thank you for helping to inform the world!

[@iamtoday874]

I would like to know if the videographers were able to take some professional filming classes because of the lack of his footage here. Nearly every time the speaker referenced something, or someone, that was being displayed on the screen, closeups didn't happen. I really hope that this crew was able to acquire done better skills. Js

[@sharonannen8859]

* If not, certainly inserting those images should have been done during post production and editing. *

[@pgabanyi]

Awesome speech. Being intersex may be some kind of complexity.

[@deliagil5635]

Bien explicado.

[@saraq9637]

Wow. Thank you.

[@KSMP]

Seahorse dad.... that's adorable and it's such a great way to look at it. It makes things a bit more clear for me. Surgery on infants for this reason is so wrong.

[@donj2222]

I cried at your courage. Thanks.

[@BloodAndGutsTV]

His cute! And I like his voice.

[@julieprinsloo2232]

Very good talk thanks

[@klaytonlacey2027]

Man I felt the same growing up, still do

[@jamesatkinson4352]

Thanks for the Info. JAMES.

[@menbereaklilu8413]

Thank you for sharing it is important.

[@lorrianalee3833]

Thank you thank you a million times thank you

[@DrJenTattoo]

Very touching. I would like to meet him.

[@sunithasuresh5070]

Intersex is an evolution. Every man has a bit of womanhood in him and every woman has a pinch of manhood in her. What is there to be ashamed off. Instead we should celebrate intersex humans. They are whole, they are the One.. Thank you for sharing the truth😊

[@vitalliving6343]

Thanks for the info. I'm loving for your rights ❤️

[@aimeebrito1565]

Mx. Anunnaki it's Lady Red here. I'm a bit late in watching this and I am sorry for that. I am so proud to see how far you have come and the things you are accomplishing. This touches my heart to the core. You touch my heart. I consider myself very lucky to say that I had the opportunity to work with you and to get to know you. You are very brave and a champion for this cause. May God bless you and your beautiful family. May God continue to bless you in your endeavors . You are making a huge difference in this world. God has called you to be a very special voice for those who cannot speak for themselves for whatever reason. Bless you and I hope you will always remember me as a friend and ally.

[@jaquelinekaku1302]

!!!!! THANK YOU !!!!!

[@michaelmlt]

Thank you for your brave work.

[@Revelation21-4-]

great speech :)

[@yourneighborhoodnurse841]

I’m so sorry humans cause so much pain. There is nothing new under the sun we are still just as barbaric and I am so sorry♥️

[@krrbrr7057]

omg can intersex people have children naturally???? ı never knew

[@MzCelinerweiner]

again, as Annunaki said, when you've met one intersex person, you've met one intersex person. If one intersex person can give birth to children, it doesn't mean all intersex people can.

[@krrbrr7057]

MzCelinerweiner yeah but i said i didnt know. Now i know.

[@MzCelinerweiner]

@@krrbrr7057 sweet! no problem. just couldnt tell if you were inferring "all" intersex ppl. now I see that u get it. hope you have a great day.

[@krrbrr7057]

MzCelinerweiner thanks. You too!

[@krrbrr7057]

Ivan Lochov #2 rus yeah hope you would be happy with your life have a nice day

[@righttoexplain]

Interesting.

[@kingryan69]

says " we are not rare" states 1.7 percent. that is literally the definition of rare.

[@tinw3406]

That is near 130 million people.There are countries who have less than half a million people in them.The USA has 300million people.

[@kingryan69]

@@tinw3406 1.7 percent

[@margaritakleinman5701]

Even though it is rare, that is still a lot of people!

[@luckyduckydaisyflower2344]

My blood type is more rare

[@Teajay21]

It's not that rare though like he said, it's the same as redheads

[@DavidSantos-xl4wm]

A seahorse is a seahorse(no soul)...a human is a human(a soul which will answer to God on judgement day.)

[@Teajay21]

It's just a cute way of referring to a man who carries a pregnancy no one thinks he's an actual seahorse

[@dianalee8967]

That was cut off down there where I said she did get married unable to have children she adopted two children from Mexico in the '50s that was easy to do I don't know anymore about her life after that she was married to a man and was probably doing all the correct things to please her family mostly her mother and father maybe if they would have let her be she would have been married to a woman we will never know

[@lizichell2]

This person does a good Mick hucknel

[@Carroll02]

You're not unlike Kuan Yin, the deity of mercy.

[@margaritakleinman5701]

Right, I had forgotten about that! Kuan Yin has a male form, called Avalokiteshvara.

[@littledesignsolution]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@harponercam]

Down with gender cartoons. Be free.

[@tanickasinclair7035]

Not "two choices". But "two options".

[@Ciobenediction]

I am intersex from africa i want help

[@ArcherOfProphecy6]

Me to

[@DeliciousDeBlair]

I never abandoned you or unfriended you by the way, I was just banned from jailbook.

[@Philandro]

my ex girlfriend Said I'm coming from behind like a woman is it possible that i was born like that,also my letter says sir or madam and even my superior court paper says defendant and not defendant in french (défenderesse = feminine ) And ( défendeur =male ) is it possible for me to know if i was born like that im from canada quebec thanks Phil

[@damecaprimm2726]

I don't think cosmetic surgery should be preformed on any child,I also don't think children should be given hormones or hormone blockers,and that is for both intersex children,and trans children

[@hatmanndo]

This condition is why I don't believe in a God or anything in the Bible. It says in the Bible that we are created in God's image but that is clearly not true. Has anyone seen God?? No! So how can anyone believe in such nonsense?? This human being is not of any image of a God they are just a human being that should be loved, understood, not bullied or mistreated in ANY way. They deserve respect. Give it! Give it to this person or ANY LGBTQ+ as well. They can't help being themselves. It's biological. Giving empathy will reduce greatly the 40% attempted or successful suicides. Think about it. Understanding and realization saves lives!!

[@dianalee8967]

I'm glad I finally understand more than I did before but I'm for not mutilating babies I had a second cousin that was born and then I was a little girl and I heard whispering amongst the grown ups scene she had a operation cuz she was too big down there and so they cut it off to make it be a girl well she grew up like a zombie just staring and not talking and I remember as a teen and I was in my twenties and there was a party and she just stood there staring at people she did get married though

[@Pepe-uv9ze]

0:49 😳😳😳

[@AntarcticTao]

How to join u as a Is

[@rachelcarver4934]

You are beautiful!

[@LuisRamirez-ln3cj]

Sooooo, I can call her "Sir," right? That's all I need to know.

[@Teajay21]

"Him"

[@alexandra.cloe24]

amazinggggg

[@Just_One_Tree]

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@Nan-59]

Well, you were just friended by a new friend. Me!