Are intersex people trans?
No. Being intersex is a biological reality—people are born with a mix of male and female sex traits—while being trans is a psychological experience of feeling that your personality does not match the sex you were born. The two are separate, and many intersex people say the constant comparison hurts them.

1. Overlap is modest and different in quality
About 40 % of self-recognised intersex people also identify as trans, but they stress that the journey is “quite different from perisex trans folks.” One intersex poster explains: “Apparently about ~40 % of self-recognised intersex folks are also trans… but for a sizeable fraction of that overlapping group, the experience is quite different.” – vimefer source [citation:518973f6-c1bb-4397-b82c-da730913e04e]

2. Intersex is about the body, not gender identity
Intersex people are born with specific bodily differences; most have an ordinary male or female gender identity. An intersex detrans woman writes: “I don’t feel intersex has any impact on the gender I feel.” – Vivid-Humor-7210 source [citation:ecbb657e-19ed-45bc-9544-cc0f7ba62cc0]

3. Using intersex to prove “sex is a spectrum” feels exploitative
Intersex adults report that trans activists often speak over them, ignore their medical needs, and use them as rhetorical “gotchas.” One says: “Our life, bodies and experiences still get used as ‘gotchas!’… but when it’s time to actually listen to a real, actual intersex person, they don’t want to do that.” – dancingonsaturnrings source [citation:db718d49-ffc2-4639-a52b-47906a7009dc]

4. Pressure to “pick a side” can push intersex youth toward transition they later regret
An intersex detrans man recalls: “It’s part of why I ended up transitioning to begin with… people constantly trying to shove us into these little boxes!” – DetransIS source [citation:03c80dbc-f806-4734-b2e2-75aab786fbdc]

Take-away
Intersex and trans are not the same. Intersex bodies do not dictate gender identity, and many intersex people resent being used to justify gender-identity theories. Listening to intersex voices—without forcing them into either ideological camp—respects their reality and protects future intersex kids from unwanted medical or social pressure.