Organisation Internationale des Intersexués – Organization Intersex International
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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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.
GERMAN intersex woman Christiane Voelling reads from her autobiographical book Ich war Mann und Frau – Mein Leben als Intersexuelle (I have been man and woman – my life as an intersex) tonight, December 12 2011, at Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte in Berlin at 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm. Ms Voelling won an historic court case against…
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THE case of Richard Muasya, a Kenyan intersex person who has been persecuted by the state for being intersex, forcing him into a life of crime in order to survive, is reported on by the African Activist website. The report includes a link to the judges’ ruling: A landmark court case filed by Richard Muasya,…
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THIS article in South Africa’s online publication The Daily Maverick about hijras was written in the aftermath of Sunday’s tragic fire that killed 13 hijras attending a ceremony in the Nandnagary neighbourhood of east Delhi. “The group is composed of transvestites, transsexuals, intersex individuals, and castrated men.” “Castrated men”? We doubt that hijras identify themselves…
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JUDGMENT has been deferred in a case in which an intersex convict is seeking legal recognition and release from jail. … Muasya, who was born with both male and female genitals, but passes off as a man, says he has been unable to get a birth certificate and, as a result, cannot achieve his academic…
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TIKKUN Daily has published an article based on feature film Berlin ’36 exploring aspects of the twin issues of anti-Jewish and anti-intersex eugenics and discrimination in Nazi Germany. Due to a political twist, an intersex athlete comes to replace a Jewish champion in the Games of the XI Olympiad. Both athletes are mistreated by the…
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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