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Intersex people in Europe face physical violence and harassment
Unfortunately, as the latest FRA LGBTI report reveals, many intersex people in Europe suffer from physical and sexual attack based on being intersex. They even turn out to be the most affected among all LGBTI people (see the infographic below). Therefore, we appeal to the Yogyakarta Principles on on the application of international human rights…
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Recent survey shows high rate of discrimination of intersex people in Europe
It was on December 10th, 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” and “all are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination” (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Articles 1 and 7). One world speaking up with one voice for equality and…
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Recent survey shows high rate of medical interventions on intersex people lack consent
Intersex people are still subject to invasive and often irreversible medical or surgical treatments to modify their sex characteristics, mainly to align them to social standards of so-called male and female bodies. As the latest FRA EU-LGBTI II Survey Report confirms, the majority of such treatments lack the free and informed consent of the person…
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European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) launches report of the 2019 EU-LGBTI II survey
Today, 14th of May 2020, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency published the results of the new LGBTI Study. Almost 140.000 LGBTI people from 28 countries participated, making the study the largest survey of its kind to this date. For the first time specific questions about intersex people’s experience were included. “With over 1500 intersex persons…
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Letter to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán: in regards to Article 33 of the proposed Omnibus Bill, 2020
Together with ILGA-Europe and TGEU we have sent a joint letter to the Hungarian government to stop the attack on legal gender recognition. In the letter, we list the international calls to #Drop33 of a legislative omnibus bill–which would deny access to legal gender recognition in the country–including from the COE Commissioner for Human Rights…
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Kako podržati vaše interspolno dijete – Priručnik za roditelje
Supporting your intersex child – A parents’ toolkit in Croatian Is it a boy or a girl? This is the question that is asked the world over when someone gives birth. Many parents will answer that question without much thought. But for a significant number the answer will be more complex.
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#MyIntersexStory – Personal accounts by intersex people living in Europe
OII Europe Press Release (download as PDF)November 8th, 2019 Check out our campaign website under https://myintersexstory.oiieurope.org/ You can download our publication as a PDF (17,9 MB) under the following link: https://www.oiieurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/testimonial_broch_21-21cm_for_web.pdf
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Поддержка вашего интерсекс-ребенка
Мальчик или девочка? При рождении ребенка этот вопрос задают по всему миру. Многие родители ответят на этот вопрос, особо не задумываясь. Но для значительного количества родителей это более сложный вопрос. Поддержка вашего интерсекс-ребенка (PDF)
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Intersex Awareness Day Oct 26 Campaign #MyIntersexStory
On the Intersex Awareness Day (Oct. 26 2019) we launch our campaign #MyIntersexStory with quotes of testimonies by intersex people living in Europe. Go check out this page to learn more or keep your eyes peeled for our campaign postings in our social medias during the Intersex Awareness Weeks (IAD) until November 8th.
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Supporting your intersex child – A parents’ toolkit (serbian version)
Is it a boy or a girl? This is the question that is asked the world over when someone gives birth. Many parents will answer that question without much thought. But for a significant number the answer will be more complex. Supporting your intersex child – A parents’ toolkit Serbian (PDF)
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France lacks understanding of intersex human rights violations
Amendment to the French Bioethic law cements the status quo of unconsented surgeries on infants and children Yesterday, on the 8th of October 2019, the national assembly in France has failed to prohibit non-vital surgeries on infants and children with a variation in their sex characteristics by 89 voices against 19. The now adopted amendment…
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Legal Toolkit Videoclip
Across Europe the right of intersex people to bodily autonomy is still regularly and greviously violated. However, things are changing. In 2019 the European Parliament adopted a milstone Resolution on the rights of intersex people (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-8-2019-0128_EN.html). The resolution pointed to the “urgent need to address violations of the human rights of intersex people”, and “calls…
