Awareness Campaign: Intersex and Transgender — Understanding the Difference Matters

📢 Awareness Campaign: Intersex and Transgender — Understanding the Difference Matters

Intersex (Ambiguity of Gender) and transgender are not the same.

🔹 Intersex: There are four basic types of intersex variations. In some children, sex characteristics may not be clearly identifiable at birth. They may require comprehensive medical assessment, specialist guidance, psychological support, and, depending on the individual condition, surgical treatment.

🔹 Transgender: There are different transgender identities. A transgender person is generally born with clearly identifiable physical sex characteristics, while gender identity-related distress or Gender Dysphoria may emerge at different stages of life. Appropriate psychological counseling, social support, dignity, and respect are essential.

Understand the difference. Break the misconceptions. Treat every human being with humanity. 💙

Let us share this important awareness message widely on social media so that accurate information reaches the public and individuals seeking treatment and guidance are not deprived of their rights.

💙 Birth Defects Foundation (BDF) provides 100% free-of-cost psychological counseling for transgender individuals, along with treatment, surgery, psychological support, rehabilitation, and other services for people affected by intersex variations and other birth defects.

🌐 BDF Team: https://www.bdfpk.org/our-team

Muhammad Amjad Watto
Senior Vice Chairman
Birth Defects Foundation (BDF)
📞 0309-4000535