People.

Because it is a dysfunction, i am uncomfortable withi being grouped with them because i consider myself "normal" and not dysfunctional.
Here is more information from an Intersex website:

www.isna.org



Our Mission:

The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.

We have learned from listening to individuals and families dealing with intersex that:

Intersexuality is primarily a problem of stigma and trauma, not gender.
Parents’ distress must not be treated by surgery on the child.
Professional mental health care is essential.
Honest, complete disclosure is good medicine.
All children should be assigned as boy or girl, without early surgery.
Click here to learn more about our agenda. If you’d like to help us push to have all medical care providers move to the Patient-Centered model of care for intersex, please make a donation. With your help, we can make the world a safer place for families dealing with intersex conditions.

Tips for Parents
Submitted by ISNA on Tue, 09/07/2004 - 15:05.

The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is the premier resource for people seeking information and advice about atypical reproductive anatomies and disorders of sex development (DSDs). Since our founding in 1993, we have been offering policy advice, positive advocacy, and caring support for individuals and families dealing with DSDs. You can also obtain our more extensive Handbook for Parents by visiting www.dsdguidelines.org.

The following are questions we suggest you ask your child’s medical care providers. We also suggest you take and keep careful notes so that you keep track of your child’s medical history and all your options

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE COMMUNITY OR COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE CALLED?

QUEER.

personally, i don't think it's my place to tell intersex folks how or with whom to identify.

i'm willing to ally myself with folks who are intersex, but that doesn't mean i'm gonna insist that intersex folks all need to buy into the alphabet soup of GLBTQ liberation....

i'm really dismayed by the DSD label. why is it still considered a "disorder" to be outside the norm?? human beings come in more than just two flavors and intersex people are far more common than we realize. any so-called "science" which denies that there are more than two sexes is disordered and dyfunctional, not people who are intersex.....

Adding the "I" is not a new thing--the Unitarian Universalists have been doing it for years, as have various other organizations I've volunteered for. Many have added a "Q," as well.

I think it's fine to be inclusive.

All these constituencies, it seems to me, do well by finding their strength in advocating for their particular needs, and we do well to coalesce, as well. The arguments are good on both sides.

To name is not only to limit. As one who has named myself, I know that to name is also to empower.

since I am not intersexed I don't feel that I have any right to decide what another group should be called. as for adding an I to LGBT I personally am not afraid of inclusion and know that including others in an umbrella does not diminish my place in the spectrum.

It is very easy for people who are not of a group such as intersexed, bisexual or trans to think that's it's "just" a label or not a big deal but then try telling them that they shouldn't call themselves gay, lesbian or whatever and they wouldn't think it is just a label or something trivial.

many orgs already use LGBTI, LBTIQ or LGBTQ