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An Intersex Jam 2026 Q&A Sticky

A topic by Prae Obscura created May 06, 2026 Views: 237 Replies: 7
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Jam Host

Please direct any general questions about the jam (its focus, its rules, etc.) to this thread!

Submitted

Our submission to the jam must focus on at least one Intersex character. If I am making something based on my own personal thoughts and feelings about being Intersex, can that character be myself?

Jam Host

Absolutely, yes. 

Submitted

Can we submit multiple things? Is there a submission limit?

Jam Host(+2)

Apologies for the delay. You may absolutely submit multiple entries, so long as you feel that they are all of submission quality! 

Submitted(+1)

It's quite all right! And thank you for your answer :]

(Sorry I wrote this in a separate thread before noticing this one)


I have a character in my game series that is intersex, but his species does not fully operate the way humans do. As in, they form as male first in the womb, before the body fully decides the ultimate sex of the character (vs humans which are the opposite - forming as female first and then becoming male or female later on in genetic formation). This is the only way they differ, and my character's intersex traits are affected by this (as in, he stayed as "presenting male" when he has the chromosomal makeup of a female). If I created a story revolving around him, would this still count, as long as I mentioned within said story that it differs from the way humans form in the womb?

HostSubmitted(+1)

To quote the rules of the jam

Fictional or nonhuman intersex variants are allowed, so long as they function in parallel to human intersex variants.
For example, "a 30-meter tall hyena monster with dual fully functional genital sets" would not match the focus of this jam.
"A 30-meter tall hyena monster who has a biological sex trait variant that does not align with the standards of giant hyena monster society" would match the focus of this jam.

So your character is allowed so long as he is intersex by the standards of his specie, and that information is conveyed to the reader/player somehow.

If you want to look it up, the equivalent for humans from what you're describing would either be Swyer's Syndrome (apparent female phenotype despite having XY chromosomes) orDe La Chapelle Syndrome (apparent male phenotype despite having XX chromosomes)