ABSTRACT

In the LGBTQIA community, the least likely group a person will interact with is the “I” that represents Intersex. These individuals represent a physical differentiation on sex characteristics that are outside the norm expected and accepted by parental, medical, and religious expectations. More than 81% of Intersex individuals receive gender reassignment surgery before they turn 2.5 years of age and the surgery is widely recommended by religious, political, medical, and social organizations (Cabral and Carpenter 2014). Until very recently, the default position of U.S. medical doctors was to perform corrective surgery on infants and young children to normalize the sex of the child. The U.S. Federal government managerial response to Intersex employees is to either classify them as a T (transgender), medical disability, or just ignore them. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Federal human resource professionals, and legislators need to create policies to recognize and value Intersex employees in Federal employment.