Each year on October 26, we celebrate Intersex Awareness Day. It is estimated that intersex people make up about 1.7% of the global population (about the same as natural redheads). Being intersex means that a person is born with variations in their sex traits and/or reproductive organs, such as their genitalia, chromosomes, hormones, or visible characteristics like body hair and chest tissue. These variations do not match enforced ideas of the gender binary. Because intersex folks have bodies beyond what Western medicine considers “normal,” we’re often pathologized for our intersex traits. Being intersex isn’t inherently a disability, but as with anyone, some of us are also disabled. Some of those disabilities are independent of being intersex. And, some intersex people do consider themselves disabled due to how their intersex variation manifests. For example, Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome (MRKH) can affect how organs including the kidneys, heart, and spine develop, which some individuals with MRKH view as disabling.