Thinking outside the box
Focusing on what we share in common: boxes and identity, harmful practices, activism and pinkwashing in Australia, by Morgan Carpenter.
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Do I regret being born intersex?
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!
Beyond boundaries
Small Luk, the founder of an intersex group in Hong Kong, talks about the intersex movement in Hong Kong and mainland China.
Growing up in Nepal
Esan Regmi describes his early life, and his activism and organising in Nepal, including the first national intersex meeting.
I want a language that speaks the truth
Memories and remembrances of an intersex survivor in the UK, by Leslie Jaye.
My experience as the world’s first openly intersex Mayor
Tony Briffa writes about going public, and becoming the world’s first openly intersex elected official.
Understanding intersex stigma in Uganda
Julius Kaggwa describes the need for advocacy, medical and psychological support for intersex people in Uganda, and the work of SIPD Uganda.
When Max Beck and Morgan Holmes went to Boston
Morgan Holmes writes on when she and Max Beck went to Boston and put adult faces on intersex cases.
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Working paper by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has published an essential new background note on human rights violations against intersex people.
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Statement of San José de Costa Rica
Statement of the first Latin American and Caribbean conference of intersex persons, 2018, in San José, Costa Rica.
Statement of Intersex Asia and Asian intersex forum
Statement of the First Asian Intersex Forum, 8 to 11 February 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Public statement by the African intersex movement, 2017
Statement of the First African Intersex Meeting, that took place between 24 and 26 November 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Vienna Statement
Statement of the first European intersex community event, in Vienna on 30–31 March 2017.
Darlington Statement
A joint consensus statement for Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand, published 10 March 2017.
Malta Declaration
The statement of the Third International Intersex Forum, December 2013.