Organisation Internationale des Intersexués – Organization Intersex International
INTERSEX is not the only biological variation that can affect the formation of one’s genitals – uterus didelphys is another. Hazel Jones of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire recently appeared on British TV to speak about her experiences with this variation “which occurs in about one in 3,000 women, according to the World Health Organization”. Ms…
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INTERSEX activist Lucie Veith of Intersexuelle Menschen e.V. (IMeV) describes one aspect of intersex genital mutilation – IGM – as “a castration” in a face-to-face conversation with DSD fan Dr Olaf Hiort. Veith: Sie erklären intersexuelle Menschen wie mich zu Kranken, obwohl wir nicht krank sind. Sie operieren die Genitalien, ohne die Einwilligung der Betroffenen einzuholen, und…
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On a third sex THE idea of creating a new sex category to be designated “intersex” poses several problems. First of all, how do we define intersex? OII believes that there will be never a clear definition and at the same time, that it is not necessary to have a legal definition for intersex. We…
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) suggests that intersex is transgender, when it is not in a paper, Health Care for Transgender Individuals, that has nothing to say about medical treatment specifically for intersex people. This paper could actually be dangerous to the health of intersex people, especially if US obstetricians and gynecologists…
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CANADIAN newsmagazine Maclean’s reports on a new Canada Border Services Agency policy for strip searching intersex or trans people entering Canada. Released in August, the protocol applies to “transsexual or intersexed” individuals; people who strongly identify or seek to live as a member of the opposite sex, have undergone surgery to physically change their sex,…
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Our gratitude to the author of American Grotesque for speaking out against the treatment of intersex people. However we question the author’s intersex prevalence figure that appears to be made up or at least drawn from an extremely questionable source – 1 in 1000 or 10 000 newborn infants. The prevalence of intersex births worldwide is 4%….
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ORGANISATION Intersex International Taiwan-based affiliate OII-Chinese continues to make great strides in the recognition of intersex by non-intersex citizens. OII-Chinese’s Hiker Chiu was interviewed for television during the 2011 Taichung Pride Parade.
HIDA Viloria, Chairperson of Organisation Intersex International – OII – and Director of Organisation Intersex International United States – OII USA – has written a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking for intersex people to be included in the White House’s recently announced global efforts on behalf of LGBT equality. Ms Viloria,…
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OII Hispanoparlante
OII Francophonie
Intersex Human Rights Australia
國際陰陽人組織中文版, OII Chinese
OII Philippines
OII Europe
Intersex Ísland (Iceland)
Intersex Scandinavia
OII Italia
Intersexioni (Italia)
Internationale Vereinigung Intergeschlechtlicher Menschen (IVIM), OII Deutschland
Nederlands Netwerk Intersekse/DSD (Nederland)
OII Francophonie
OII United Kingdom
Verein Intersexueller Menschen Österreich (VIMÖ), OII Austria
Intersex South Africa
OII Friends & Members group