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6d ago

This is Islay (eye-la), my hermaphrodite cat!

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Don't let maga find out or they will lose their shit. (They believe this doesn't happen to animals, and only humans that have mental disorders)
- When I told my coworker about Islay, she got very excited to use that fact to help support her arguments with her right wing family or whoever she argues with about this sorta thing. Thankfully all my friends and family are left wing, most are far left, so I don’t ever have those sorts of arguments in my life, but I was more than happy to help her situation.
- Yeah? I mean, most right wingers don't even seem to know that intersex people exist

They're gorgeous!! I'm curious, what do you mean by hermaphrodite?
- Both parts. Islay has both testicles and a uterus. We call her a she (since our other cat is a boy so it’s just easier if one is he and one is she), but technically she’s a they. Unfortunately it’ll be very expensive to get her fixed because of it.
  
  Spend the money unless you want to be responsible for Cat Jesus.
  
  I always assumed that sort of situation would render them sterile. It probably varies but the more you know!
  Well, I suppose fixing has hormonal consequences too and not just reproductive, now that I think about it.
  
  Ohh interesting! So would her chromosomes be XXY?
  
  technically she’s a they
  if you asked her pronouns she'd probably say "meow"
  
  Hey, by the way "hermaphrodite" is considered a slur, as it has a long history of being associated with horrific abuse of people with genitalia that isn't considered 'normal'. So in the future, I'd recommend using the term intersex.
- what do you mean by hermaphrodite?
  Isn't that what Viktor Krum said when he was trying to pronounce Hermione?

who would downvote such a handsome creature?......kissy kissy

What magnificent ears. I see that you're Canadian, so I assume that the name is after an Islay in Canada rather than the island in Scotland. What made you choose it?
Also, awfully brave for a cod to own cats
- I love her large ears. Reminds me of a fox.
  Islay was named after the scotch, so you were right about the island in Scotland! When she was a little younger, the grey in her coat was far lighter in colour and looked like a smoky colour, so I figured since Islay is usually a smoky scotch (and my personal preference for any hard liquor outside of Canada), the name seemed fitting. We would’ve called her Peaty if she went by he instead, for the same reason.
  I hadn’t put two and two together with my username here, that’s hilarious.
  
  Well that's an excellent reason!

gorgeous lil dude
- Agreed. I love her coat, she’s such a model.

What a great little loaf!

Damn, that's a lovely face. The way she's laying there makes her seem like she has much wisdom to share!

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