Nobody said that. Nobody would say that. Be reasonable.
If you're actually interested in understanding what I'm saying, this article does a good job of explaining it in lay-friendly terms.
BumpingFuglies
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Yep. Nothing wrong with it. Everybody's abnormal in some way. Doesn't mean we should redefine scientific terms or "other" someone just because their abnormality has to do with sex characteristics.
Personally, I go out of my way to not be normal, but most people want to fit in, and especially don't want to be seen as different or lesser because of something they can't control.
Male and female are the only sexes; intersex is just a blanket term for various medical conditions that describe abnormal development of sex characteristics.
The article title is misleading. It's true that there are only two sexes, but Trump's order is concerning gender, which is a spectrum.
You'd think that, but really, I suspect a lot of the confusion comes from the word itself. "Intersex" implies with its "inter-" prefix that something exists between the two sexes, thus implying the existence of a third (or more) sex.
But again, it's just a blanket term that covers a wide variety of medical conditions related to development of sex organs/characteristics.
And I shouldn't have to say this, but of course I'm not saying that one's anatomy has any influence on one's worth as a person. I'm not a monster. I'm just a stickler for semantic accuracy.