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The Road to Hell: Intersex People, Sexual Health & Human Rights
For Intersex Day of Remembrance, we call upon the international community to join intersex-led efforts to put an end to human rights violations in medical settings and to make the right to truth, justice and reparations a reality for intersex people everywhere.
Press Release: International Classification of Diseases 11 and Intersex people
More than 50 intersex-led organisations and groups from every region of the world have signed a joint statement to the World Health Organization condemning the repathologisation of intersex variations as “disorders of sex development” in the WHO International Classification of Diseases 11 (ICD-11), and medical classifications that promote early surgical intervention to “fix” intersex bodies.
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female, Intersex and All Forms of Genital Mutilation
So-called “normalizing” procedures aimed to modify sex characteristics without being personally consented to and justified by medical reasons irreversibly mutilate our bodies, our experiences, our lives, ourselves.
Intersex Awareness Day Statement 2018
Medical professionals: We call on you to question the current politics of evidence and their harmful consequences for intersex people around the world, and to ask yourselves question “Where is the evidence?” Intersex people: We call on you to share your experiences on Twitter from 26 October (Intersex Awareness Day) to 8 November (Intersex Day of Remembrance), using text, videos or photos, and to join in the conversation using the hashtag #IAmTheEvidence.
The Legal Status of Intersex Persons: Book
This book looks at law reform taking place around the world, with diverse perspectives from relevant fields, to provide the reader with a comprehensive analysis of the legal status of intersex persons and related issues.
Intersex variations, Human Rights and the ICD
GATE calls on WHO to amend the ICD-11 to break the link between classifications of diseases and violations of human rights.
GATE Intersex Statement on International Day of Families 2018
On International Day of Families, we call for recognition that families may include intersex infants, children or adults. We call for justice and an end to all forms of violence, torture and discrimination against children born with intersex variations.
Intersex and the Yogyakarta Principles Plus 10
Intersex and the Yogyakarta Principles +10 encourages better recognition of intersex human rights issues by people who use a SOGI framework.
The State of Intersex Organizing (2nd Edition) Report 2017
The State of Intersex Organizing intends to provoke dialogue among activists and donors to increase resources for the global intersex movement.
