From Santiago de Chile to Washington D.C.
Ale describes his journey from Santiago de Chile to an appearance before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington D.C.
Comment
Love, complexity and inter-sectionality
Sean Saifa Wall reflects on growing up Black, queer and intersex.
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.
Intersexy Fat
#IntersexyFat Georgiann Davis writes on the intersectionalities between being intersex and being fat.
How medical discourse dehumanizes intersex people
Medical discourse on intersex voices is an integral part of the management of intersex bodies – Janik Bastien Charlebois.
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.
Language is vital
The way the intersex community has developed and reappropriated language is a beautiful evolution, says Catherine Graffam.
Thinking outside the box
Focusing on what we share in common: boxes and identity, harmful practices, activism and pinkwashing in Australia, by Morgan Carpenter.
Actions
Sydney, Australia: lunchtime talk at UTS
On Intersex Awareness Day, UTS will be hosting a free and public lunchtime talk by Morgan Carpenter of OII Australia/Intersex Day: “progress or prevarication”.
Valencia, Spain: “Intersex: an intimate look”
On 28 October, Mi Bebé Intersexual and Yolanda Meleno Puche, a psychologist specialising in intersex, will participate in the October Trans 2017 event with the talk “Intersex: An Intimate Look”.
Mexican intersex community publish flyer to make intersex visible
Members of the Mexican intersex community have published a free information flyer to celebrate Intersex Awareness Day.
Canberra, Australia: Intersex is not Invisible!
On Intersex Awareness Day, 26 October, Cody Smith (A Gender Agenda) and Steph Lum (OII Australia) will speak at an event at Canberra Museum and Gallery Theatrette.
Paris: Round table event on media representations of intersex
On 30 October, the Collectif Intersexes et Allié.e.s. and the Association des Journalistes LGBT are holding a round table event on media treatment of intersex questions.
Brisbane, Australia: AISSGA film and music
Intersexy films, talks and music at a fundraising event on 26 October for the AIS Support Group Australia, including a screening of ‘Orchids: My Intersex Adventure’, and music.
Intersex awareness and solidarity in Milan
An event on 30 October to mark Intersex Awareness Day and promote solidarity, including a short documentary followed by discussion moderated by Sabina Zagari.
Houston City Hall illuminations
Join The Houston Intersex Society on 25 October for the annual Intersex Awareness Day illuminations of Houston City Hall.
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 Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand, March 2017.
Malta Declaration
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.