Language is vital
The way the intersex community has developed and reappropriated language is a beautiful evolution, says Catherine Graffam.
The way the intersex community has developed and reappropriated language is a beautiful evolution, says Catherine Graffam.
Laura Inter on the situation facing intersex people in Mexico: similar problems with local quirks.
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.
#IntersexyFat Georgiann Davis writes on the intersectionalities between being intersex and being fat.
Koomah writes on body empowerment from an intersex escort perspective.
Tony Briffa writes about going public, and becoming the world’s first openly intersex elected official.
Julius Kaggwa describes the need for advocacy, medical and psychological support for intersex people in Uganda, and the work of SIPD Uganda.
Sean Saifa Wall reflects on growing up Black, queer and intersex.
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.