Love, complexity and inter-sectionality
Sean Saifa Wall reflects on growing up Black, queer and intersex.
Commentary
Breaking the ice: intersex in Russia
Aleksander Berezkin on how intersex people have shifted from being imperial curiosities to people with disabilities, and on creating new, non-pathologising ways of being intersex.
Language is vital
The way the intersex community has developed and reappropriated language is a beautiful evolution, says Catherine Graffam.
Intersex activism in Turkey
Şerife and Belgin talk with Kaos-GL about the situation of intersex people in Turkey, bodily interventions without consent and the influences of these on activism.
How medical discourse dehumanizes intersex people
Medical discourse on intersex voices is an integral part of the management of intersex bodies – Janik Bastien Charlebois.
Intersexy Fat
#IntersexyFat Georgiann Davis writes on the intersectionalities between being intersex and being fat.
Thinking outside the box
Focusing on what we share in common: boxes and identity, harmful practices, activism and pinkwashing in Australia, by Morgan Carpenter.
Growing up in Nepal
Esan Regmi describes his early life, and his activism and organising in Nepal, including the first national intersex meeting.
Actions
Mexico: CDHDF calls for recognition of intersex people’s rights
On 8 November, the Human Rights Commission of the Federal District of Mexico City (CDHDF) called for authorities to defend the rights of intersex people.
United Nations for Intersex Awareness
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has published a new awareness raising website calling for protection of intersex children and adults from harmful practices.
Statement by United Nations and regional bodies
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has published a joint statement calling on governments protect intersex children and adults from human rights violations.
Abraham and Dimakatso’s journey
Iranti-org in South Africa share this video, the story of Abraham and Dimakatso Sebidi, for Intersex Solidarity Day.
Natasha Jiménez Mata talks for The Interface Project
The Interface Project has published a new video with Natasha Jiménez Mata from Costa Rica, director of Mulabi and ILGA Intersex Secretariat.
Honouring Barbin, honouring intersex elders
Multiple statements have been published for Intersex Day of Remembrance, honouring elders and Herculine Barbin, including by Bonnie Hart, OII-USA and Christof Rolker.
From awareness to solidarity, statement by API-Identidade
Portuguese organisation API-Identidade has released a statement calling for a shift from awareness to solidarity.
Intervisibility European project launched
On 8 November, Intersex Day of Solidarity, OII Europe launched a new site with information on intersex in 23 languages.
Reference
Get involved
What can you do to mark Intersex Awareness Day or Intersex Day of Solidarity, and promote human rights for intersex people?
Darlington Statement
A joint consensus statement for Australian and Aotearoa/New Zealand, March 2017.
Third International Intersex Forum
The statement of the Third International Intersex Forum, December 2013.
Intersex
About intersex: Intersex people are born with sex characteristics that don’t meet medical and social norms for female or male bodies.