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Intersex Media

Media which includes or discusses intersex people.

Intersex is an umbrella term for people born with innate variations in their sex characteristics, which do not fit medical/social norms for male and female bodies. Sex characteristics include chromosomes, gonads, genitalia, hormones, and physical changes which emerge with puberty.

Being intersex is not the same as being trans or gender-diverse (TGD). Many intersex people are cisgender. As this is a TGD-focused website, intersex media is only included where TGD people also happen to be intersex, or where intersex experiences also happen to be discussed in TGD media.

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John/Jane, an intersex character played by Australian actress Sarah Snook, shown in two film stills. In the left still, Jane is sitting indoors, presenting femininely; she has shoulder-length ginger hair, light skin, and blue eyes, and is wearing red lipstick, black-rimmed glasses, and a green dress. In the right still, John is sitting indoors, presenting masculinely; he has short ginger hair, light skin, and blue eyes, and is wearing a coat over a collared shirt.
Film
2014
Australia, United States of America

Predestination

John/Jane, an intersex character played by Australian actress Sarah Snook, undergoes a female-to-male transition in this science fiction thriller.

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Manjish, an Indian trans man who is also intersex, standing outdoors. He is dark-skinned with short, black hair and black facial hair. He is wearing a collared pink shirt and is speaking, looking directly at the viewer. The background of the photo is a bright green wall.
Interview
2010
India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya)

One Billion Rising: Transgender Person Breaks Silence

Manjish, an Indian intersex trans man, discusses being raised as a feminine girl, discovering his intersex traits at age 24, medically transitioning to male, and experiencing discrimination. He talks about wanting to be visible as an activist, to help others.

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Juan Scherer, an intersex trans man played by Argentine actor Guillermo Angelelli in the film XXY. He is sitting indoors, wearing a flannel shirt. He is light-skinned with short, dark hair. He is smiling lightly and looking to the side.
Film
2007
Argentina (República Argentina), Uruguay

XXY

Juan Scherer, an intersex trans man played by Argentine actor Guillermo Angelelli, offers advice to a man who is trying to support his child.

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Paul Milander, a trans male character in S01E01, S01E08, and S02E13 of CSI. He is standing near jail cell bars, holding onto them and speaking to someone in the blurred foreground. He is wearing a black suit, white suit shirt, and a black tie. He is light-skinned, with pitted and scarred skin. He has short, black hair.
Show
2000, 2002
United States of America

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S01E01, E08, S02E13)

Paul Millander, an intersex trans man played by cis male actor Matt O'Toole, is a serial killer who embodies harmful tropes about trans men and people who are born with innate sex variations.

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Dréd, a Black drag king in the documentary Venus Boyz. He is wearing a black afro wig and has false facial hair drawn on his face. He is wearing a leather jacket and sunglasses.
Documentary
2002
United States of America, Austria (Österreich)

Venus Boyz

Multiple drag kings are interviewed about their motivations for doing drag, their identities, their medical transitions, and their understandings of gender. Interviewees include cis women, trans men, non-binary people, Jack Halberstam, Hans Scheirl, and Del LaGrace Volcano; an intersex non-binary person who is transitioning on testosterone and doesn't mind being read as a man. 

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Texas Tomboy, a light-skinned blond trans man in the documentary Gendernauts. He is sitting in a sports car without a roof, looking into the distance. He is wearing a blue jacket with white and red stripes. A blue sky, palm trees, and a white building are visible in the blurred background.
Documentary
1999
United States of America

Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities

Max Wolf Valerio, Texas Tomboy, and other trans people are interviewed about their gender identities, sexualities, and lives. Hida, an intersex person who was presumed female at birth, describes their non-binary experience and masculine experimentation.

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Willy, a trans teen played by American actress Pamela Adlon in the film Willy/Milly, standing outdoors at night. He is looking up with a neutral or interested expression. He is light-skinned with short, wavy black hair. He is wearing a grey flannel shirt.
Film
1986
United States of America

Willy/Milly (And Other Gender-Bending Media)

A teenager initially introduced as Milly, played by American actress Pamela Adlon, uses magic to turn into a male, gaining a penis and a flat chest and choosing to live as Willy. This review also discusses other AFAB gender-bending media.

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This site is focused on trans male, transmasculine, and AFAB gender-diverse media. For a wider range of trans, gender diverse media, and LGBT+ media, you can read the following resources: Trans Reads. Otherness Archive.

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