Get the Facts Right

The news stories about Polish model Michalina Manios are totally wrong and I wish they would get their facts rights. Ms. Manios admited she was born intersexed (hermaphrodite in her words), meaning with a mix of male and female characteristics, and often a mix of male and female gentalia, and if you research it you'll see each person responds differently to that condition which produces different appearances with each person.

She is not transgender as the news has reported. She admited she had corrective surgery four years ago to be completely female, so she was interesexed and no longer is intersexed. This is not the same as sex reassignment surgery, as distinguished by the transgender and intersexed communities and the medical community. The surgery has some overlap and common aspects but corrects for different differences in the individual.

They should note that as Ms. Manios did not have to go through the same process as a male-to-female transwomen, which includes physician oversight, endrochronologist, therapists, etal, but just the surgery and some other treatments to complete the process. The reason for the differences are in the genes and fetal development, something they should note and distinguish.

So please give Ms. Manios her due to recognize her as a women born intersexed and has had that corrected, and not a woman who transitioned from being male or a boy. They are different, and she deserves the truth be reported as she told it, and not for hype or whatever bullshit the media wants.

She's couragous for being public. Let acknowledge and applaud that, and nothing else.