Australian Government Urged to Consider Intersex as Classification

My name is Malika. I'm 22 and a half and live with Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome aka CAIS. I am African American and work in the porn industry. None of my male or female coworkers have a clue that I am genetically a male. I am anatomically a perfect female. My gondads aka testis were never removed and I was so glad. They are inside me. I am healthy and happy in life. My mother and family all gave me great comfort when it was discovered that I had no womb. I can't have biological children but I'm damn happy just the same.

I have Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome. It was detected in me when I was 15 years old. This syndrome is largely misunderstood. I am genetically male and have a vagina, labia and clitoris. But my female genitals are not normal at all. My clit is much bigger than a normal ladies. My labia and vagina are very odd looking to me. Penetration is very hard for me. I bleed and tear. I basically live a celibate life. Anne Coulter the right wing pundit has CAIS. I don't know if she still has testis or not. I had mine take out at 19. I wish that I had kept them as I have felt odd every since they were removed. Dizzy and depressed.

I'm a 24 year old lady with Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome or CAIS. I am genetically male and anatomically female. My body has complete insensitivity to testosterone. This condition was discovered in me when I was 6 years old. My testis indicated a hernia. The medical team ran a battery of tests and discovered my CAIS. I am not ashamed of this. It is not a disease. I am lucky that my parents informed me early about this and did not hide it like it was some kind of dark secret. The late chef Julia Child had CAIS. Her close friends and family knew but she told very few. It runs in families. I have no uterus and can't have biological kids of my own. I plan to adopt.

I am an Intersex woman and am unaware of any such designation being proposed in Australia. The fact seems to be that the 3rd suggested designation would be listed as 'Unspecified' which would allow many to assume a non-sex identity. I can understand a limited number of transsexuals being neurologically IS but to assume that all are is simply a fabrication that might well include those who grow from a transgender fetishism, (autogynephilia) to a surgical mistake. I firmly believe there needs to be a specific designation that defines actual Intersex; actual transsexuals; actual transgender who suffer from GID (gender identity dysphoria). To mix and match as if all have a commonality is not only an act of ignorance but unsubstantiated self serving assumpptions.

As an Intersex person and born with Kallmann's syndrome. I see so many problems with that. First one would be that their would a whole bunch of transsexuals and transgender people who would take advantage of the law and abuse it for themselves and not letting the intersex use it. Second would be that the definition of intersex is so broad, that as it's written, it would accidentally include transsexuals and transgender people while leaving out true intersex born intersex people who really need it. That's why on paper it's a good idea philosophical wise, but in reality, I would fix it. Now If I was writing it, I would make sure that the definition of intersex would be based on genetic DNA, biological, and physiological. It would be based on the current science that's out their and what's accepted as scientific fact by the scientific and academic community.

I am a 24 year old intersex woman. I was born with a condition called Swyer's Syndrome. My chromosome pattern is XY meaning male. My gonads did not develop into male testis. They were just streaks. Without the testosterone and uterus suppressing hormones that most male fetuses release, my body developed as female. I have a normal vagina and cervix, uterus but no ovaries. I can't have kids of my own. I am bisexual in orientation and am currently living with a young man. He knows of my condition and does not care. Swyer syndrome is not the same condition as Complete Androgren Insensitivity Syndrome. I welcome the progressive ideas in Australia on intersexuals.