How medical discourse dehumanizes intersex people
Medical discourse on intersex voices is an integral part of the management of intersex bodies – Janik Bastien Charlebois.
Medical discourse on intersex voices is an integral part of the management of intersex bodies – Janik Bastien Charlebois.
Irene of Intersex Russia says: sometimes people ask me, do I regret that I was born intersex? And the answer is no, I don’t regret the fact that I was born intersex!
Tony Briffa writes about going public, and becoming the world’s first openly intersex elected official.
Hana Aoi writes on the experience of living and being intersex in Mexico: from being the subject of medical interventions, to creating change.
Mauro Cabral Grinspan draws a line between the marks on his flesh and the words that clinicians use to define and treat intersex bodies.
Julius Kaggwa describes the need for advocacy, medical and psychological support for intersex people in Uganda, and the work of SIPD Uganda.
Memories and remembrances of an intersex survivor in the UK, by Leslie Jaye.
Betsy Driver: the first Intersex Awareness Day took place in 2004. It was two people and an email exchange.
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has published an essential new background note on human rights violations against intersex people.
What can you do to mark Intersex Awareness Day or Intersex Day of Solidarity, and promote human rights for intersex people?
Statement of the first Latin American and Caribbean conference of intersex persons, 2018, in San José, Costa Rica.
Statement of the First Asian Intersex Forum, 8 to 11 February 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Statement of the First African Intersex Meeting, that took place between 24 and 26 November 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Statement of the first European intersex community event, in Vienna on 30–31 March 2017.
A joint consensus statement for Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand, published 10 March 2017.
The statement of the Third International Intersex Forum, December 2013.