Welcome to the online home of Organisation Intersex International – OII – world’s largest organisation of intersex people

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Welcome to the online home of Organisation Intersex International – OII – world’s largest organisation of intersex people

What is intersex? THE term intersex was adopted by science in the early 20th century and applied to human beings whose biological sex cannot be classified as clearly male or female. An intersex person may have the biological attributes of both sexes or lack some of the biological attributes considered necessary to be defined as…
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Things are looking up: a review of press coverage on the M.C. case in the US

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Things are looking up: a review of press coverage on the M.C. case in the US

Lizzie Reis writes about the M.C case taken by Advocates for Informed Choice, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Crawford family and pro bono lawyers. Writing at Nursing Clio Reis says: M.C. had been identified male at birth, but his genitals were sufficiently indeterminate that surgeons removed his ambiguous phallus, a testis, and testicular tissue…
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Your Beautiful Child: Information for Parents

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Your Beautiful Child: Information for Parents

Your Beautiful Child: Information for Parents By Hida Viloria on 16 May 2013. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BIRTH OF YOUR CHILD!  This downloadable PDF addresses common questions and concerns regarding variations in sex anatomy, or intersex variations, to help you welcome your newborn and make decisions that promote the health and well being of your child and the entire…
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OII Selected as Finalists for Global Prize for Collaborative Social Justice

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OII is thrilled to have been selected as finalists for the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership’s Global Prize for Collaborative Social Justice, by a group of jurors including author, activist, and scholar Angela Davis, Cary Alan Johnson, former executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and Shea Howell, Detroit-based author,…
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OII Australia testifies to Senate Inquiry on involuntary or coerced sterilisation

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Australian intersex organisations OII Australia and AISSGA, together with the National LGBTI Health Alliance, participated in the country’s federal Senate Inquiry on involuntary or coerced sterilisation. The inquiry primarily focuses on people with disability, but the terms of reference specifically include the sterilisation and sexual health of intersex people as well. The oral hearing on…
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