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This is how the Second Inter-American and Caribbean Conference of Intersex People was experienced
It took place in Buenos Aires and involved about 30 activists. A local forum was established.
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A law to protect the human rights of intersex people
The initiative proposes that medical interventions that do not pose a risk to health or life should be consented to by the people whose bodies are involved.
What it means to be intersex: concepts to debunk myths and prejudices
On International Intersex Visibility Day, we published a series of definitions, facts, and clarifications that Mauro Cabral—intersex and trans activist, director of GATE, and member of Intersex Justice*—shared on his social media about intersexuality.
The Netherlands includes gender-neutral options for intersex people: "It's time to recognize this possibility"
The civil registry will offer a third option for registering intersex people. The decision stemmed from a court ruling. Now Parliament must create a law.
#BeingIntersex: "I have two sets of genitals fighting for the same body"
Jennifer Gabriela Aranda was born with male external genitalia. During puberty, when her body began to develop female, it was discovered that her internal genitalia were female. Her father and a doctor pressured her into testosterone treatment, but she stopped taking it. Today, she is 54 years old and an activist.
LGBT Intersex: What does it mean to be an intersex person
October 26th is Intersex Awareness Day, commemorating the first public demonstration by intersex people. It took place in 1996 in Boston, USA, to demand bodily autonomy and protest against birth defects. The term intersex encompasses a wide range of natural variations in the body.
The hearing at the IACHR brought to light the violence against intersex people
Surgical interventions, mutilations, pathologization, and medical exhibition are some of the human rights violations suffered by intersex people. The issue was presented and testimonies were given at a hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).