LGBTQ2-I? – The “I” stands for Intersex

“Around 1.7% of the population is born with intersex traits - comparable to the number of people born with red hair.” (1)
Intersex people are different from Transgender people who have clearly male or female biology at birth but do not identify with the apparent gender. Intersex people have ambiguous biological indicators - a combination of male and female external anatomy, internal anatomy, hormone levels and/or DNA. This is not always noticeable at birth.

Babies with visible intersex features have traditionally received gender assignment surgery right after birth. The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) now recommends that such surgery should only be done once a child is able to make an informed decision as to the gender they identify with. The above information and more can be found on the ISNA website found here:
http://www.isna.org/faq/what_is_intersex

For an excellent video (18:12 min.) on the complex subject of gender identity and assignment, please use the following link to hear from Alice Dreger in her TEDX talk. She explains how gender assignment at birth is, at best, a guess:
https://www.ted.com/talks/alice_dreger_is_anatomy_destiny?language=en&utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

The following link is to a video (11:27 min.) by Emily Quinn who learned of her intersex identity near puberty and identifies simply as “Queer”.
 “What it Means to be Intersex with Emily Quinn”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwnfOnUweew

(1)    “It is Intersex Awareness Day - here are 5 myths we need to shatter,”
Posted in: LGBTI Rights, Amnesty International Canada. Friday, October 26, 2018
https://www.amnesty.ca/blog/it-intersex-awareness-day-here-are-5-myths-we-need-shatter