Position Paper on Intersex

IGLYO is funded by the European Union, the Council of Europe European Youth Foundation and the Government of the Netherlands.

IGLYO aisbl is a registered charity in Belgium (No d’dentreprise: 808808665) IGLYORue de l’Industrie 10, Brussels 1000,Belgium

Draft submitted to IGLYO’s Board – 2 August

Draft submitted to MOs, 2nd mailing – 23 August

Draft amended during AMC – 30 September

Published – January 2017

Contents Chapter 1 – What Is Intersex? ................................................................................................................. 2

Basic Concepts .................................................................................................................................... 2

Terminology ........................................................................................................................................ 3

Statistics .............................................................................................................................................. 4

Main human rights violations faced by intersex youth .......................................................................... 5

Main human rights violations faced by intersex youth ...................................................................... 5

Intersex rights protection and violations covered in human rights documents ................................. 7

Good practices: Malta ....................................................................................................................... 10

Chapter 3 - Challenges in Society: what societal challenges the intersex community faces................ 11

Challenges ......................................................................................................................................... 11

Causes ............................................................................................................................................... 12

Chapter 4 - The I of LGBTQI+: including intersex in the queer community, in activism and in

campaigning .......................................................................................................................................... 14

Inclusion: The importance of intersectionality ................................................................................. 14

Position Paper on Intersex

IGLYO is funded by the European Union, the Council of Europe European Youth Foundation and the Government of the Netherlands.

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Chapter 1 – What Is Intersex?

Basic Concepts

Intersex

Sex vs. Gender

Sex is on a spectrum

Transgender

Position Paper on Intersex

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Sexual Orientation and Identity

Identity

Terminology

Intersex

Disorders of Sex Development (DSD)

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Hermaphrodite

Dyadic

Proper Terminology

Statistics

1 https://www.scp.nl/english/Publications/Publications_by_year/Publications_2014/Living_with_intersex_DSD, accessed in

July 2016

Position Paper on Intersex

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Main human rights violations faced by intersex youth

Main human rights violations faced by intersex youth

Inequalities in health care

2 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23742202, accessed in July 2016

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Inequalities in societal treatment

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Intersex rights protection and violations covered in human rights documents

A list of references was compiled by OII International and can be consulted here:

http://oiieurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/International-intersex-human-rights-

movement_Links-to-human-rights-documents-adressing-intersex-and-important-events.pdf

Position Paper on Intersex

IGLYO is funded by the European Union, the Council of Europe European Youth Foundation and the Government of the Netherlands.

IGLYO aisbl is a registered charity in Belgium (No d’dentreprise: 808808665) IGLYORue de l’Industrie 10, Brussels 1000,Belgium

Position Paper on Intersex

IGLYO is funded by the European Union, the Council of Europe European Youth Foundation and the Government of the Netherlands.

IGLYO aisbl is a registered charity in Belgium (No d’dentreprise: 808808665) IGLYORue de l’Industrie 10, Brussels 1000,Belgium

Position Paper on Intersex

IGLYO is funded by the European Union, the Council of Europe European Youth Foundation and the Government of the Netherlands.

IGLYO aisbl is a registered charity in Belgium (No d’dentreprise: 808808665) IGLYORue de l’Industrie 10, Brussels 1000,Belgium

Good practices: Malta

Position Paper on Intersex

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Chapter 3 - Challenges in Society: what societal challenges the

intersex community faces.

Challenges

Lack of knowledge

(in)Visibility

Educational needs go largely unmet, increased focus is needed on the following areas:

Consequences

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Causes

Heteronormativity, cisnormativity and gender norms

Two-sex myth

Stereotypes

Misinformation (general public, medical establishments)

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Lack of positive role models

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Chapter 4 - The I of LGBTQI+: including intersex in the queer

community, in activism and in campaigning

Inclusion: The importance of intersectionality

Position Paper on Intersex

IGLYO is funded by the European Union, the Council of Europe European Youth Foundation and the Government of the Netherlands.

IGLYO aisbl is a registered charity in Belgium (No d’dentreprise: 808808665) IGLYORue de l’Industrie 10, Brussels 1000,Belgium