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Many intersex surgeries are unneeded and are purely made to push gender roles onto young children, and to satisfy the parents. Calling an intersex trait or intersex variation a disorder or disability can be considered offensive and discriminatory, especially when it does not cause any physical issues to the individual with these traits.
Other issues faced by intersex people include, but are not limited to:<ref>[https://oiieurope.org/intersex-issues/ OII Europe: Intersex Issues - a short list]</ref>
* Discrimination in sport.<ref>[https://live-interact-advocates.pantheonsite.io/resources/intersex-resource-topics/discrimination-in-sports/ InterACT: Discrimination in Sports]</ref>
* Discrimination in employment and the workplace.<ref>[https://live-interact-advocates.pantheonsite.io/resources/intersex-resource-topics/workplace-discrimination-and-intersex-employees/ InterACT: Workplace Discrimination and Intersex Employees]</ref>
*Discrimination and bullying from classmates.
*Being told
*Discrimination in religion and religious practices.
*Fetishization, sexualization, or objectification of their body, sex, and genitallia.
*Comparison to animals that dehumanizes their sex.
*Being treated as "freaks of nature" (example: 'bearded women' within circuses.)
*Being called slurs due to their natural appearances, emotions, or confusion caused by their sex (example: being called a [[hermaphrodite]].)
Intersex activists address issues like these and more. In 1993, Cheryl Chase announced the founding of the Intersex Society of North America, initially a support group that developed into an advocacy group on intersex issues.<ref>[https://isna.org/faq/history/ What's the history behind the intersex rights movement?]
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