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Intersex people are individuals born with any of several variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones or genitals that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies". This range of atypical variation may be physically obvious from birth - babies may have ambiguous reproductive organs, or at the other extreme range it is not obvious and may remain unknown to people all their lives. Intersex people face stigmatization and discrimination from birth, or from discovery of an intersex trait, such as from puberty. This may include infanticide, abandonment and the stigmatization of families. Globally, some intersex infants and children, such as those with ambiguous outer genitalia, are surgically or hormonally altered to create more socially acceptable sex characteristics. However, this is considered controversial, with no firm evidence of favorable outcomes. Such treatments may involve sterilization. Adults, including elite female athletes, have also been subjects of such treatment. Increasingly, these issues are considered human rights abuses, with statements from international and national human rights and ethics institutions. Intersex organizations have also issued statements about human rights violations, including the 2013 Malta declaration of the third International Intersex Forum. Some intersex persons may be assigned and raised as a girl or boy but then identify with another gender later in life, while most continue to identify with their assigned sex. In 2011, Christiane Völling became the first intersex person known to have successfully sued for damages in a case brought for non-consensual surgical intervention. In April 2015, Malta became the first country to outlaw non-consensual medical interventions to modify sex anatomy, including that of intersex people. #juneispridemonth #lgbtpridemonth #pridemonth #loveislove #lgbt #lgbtq #rainbow #intersex #intersexday #female #male #many #love #acceptance #diversity #lovewhoyouwant #youareamazing #youarebeautiful #hernandopride #hernandoflorida https://www.instagram.com/p/CBXBdtZlOun/?igshid=1ra2zncgi27p8

Intersex Day of Remembrance, also known as Intersex Solidarity Day, is an internationally observed civil awareness day designed to highlight issues faced by intersex people. It marks the birthday of Herculine Barbin, a French intersex person whose memoirs were later published by Michel Foucault in Herculine Barbin: Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a Nineteenth-century French Hermaphrodite. While Intersex Awareness Day on October 26 appears to be celebrated more in English-speaking countries, particularly in North America, Intersex Day of Remembrance has been marked mostly in Europe. Some countries, such as Australia and South Africa, mark both events and the days between as "14 days of intersex" In 2012, the New South Wales Parliament acknowledged the day. Linda Burney, a Member of the Legislative Assembly, also commended Organisation Intersex International Australia as part of a motion noting the day. In 2014, Literaturhaus Salzburg, Austria, is the venue for an Intersex Solidarity Day event. A similar event was held at University of Salzburg in 2013. On Intersex Solidarity Day 2016, OII Europe launched a new visibility website, InterVisibility.eu, with material on intersex in 23 European languages. #IntersexDayOfRembrance #IntersexSolidarity #November82019 #intersexday #love #rainbow #beyourself #lgbtq #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #beyou #you #safespace #safezone #believeinyourself #lgbtyouth #lgbtelders #lgbtally #lgbtpride #hernandopride #hernandoflorida https://www.instagram.com/p/B4m_JkBF9bS/?igshid=2qtn8235dwj9

Intersex Awareness Day is an internationally observed awareness day designed to highlight human rights issues faced by intersex people. Intersex Awareness Day is an international day of grass-roots action to end shame, secrecy and unwanted genital cosmetic surgeries on intersex children. The day also provides an opportunity for reflection and political action. Between October 26 and November 8, intersex organizations bring attention to the challenges intersex individuals face, culminating in the Intersex Day of Remembrance on the birthday of Herculine Barbin, also sometimes known as Intersex Solidarity Day. The event marks the first public demonstration by intersex people in North America, on October 26, 1996, outside the venue in Boston where the American Academy of Pediatrics was holding its annual conference. Intersex activists Morgan Holmes and Max Beck participated for the (now-defunct) Intersex Society of North America, alongside allies from Transsexual Menace including Riki Wilchins. Holmes has written that the event was intended not as a demonstration but as participation in the conference. She states that Beck and Holmes had intended to deliver an address, "on long-term outcomes and to challenge their still-prevailing opinion that cosmetic surgery to "fix" intersexed genitals was the best course of action", but were "met, officially, with hostility and were escorted out of the conference by security guards". The group only later demonstrated, carrying a sign saying "Hermaphrodites With Attitude". The commemoration day itself began in 2003 with the establishment of a central awareness raising site by Betsy Driver and Emi Koyama. A central awareness raising site was later re-established in 2015 by Morgan Carpenter with Laura Inter of Brújula Intersexual, and support from Open Society Foundations. #IntersexAwarenessDay #october262019 #intersexday #love #rainbow #beyourself #lgbtq #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #beyou #you #safespace #safezone #believeinyourself #lgbtyouth #lgbtelders #lgbtally #lgbtpride #hernandopride #hernandoflorida https://www.instagram.com/p/B4GFgIDhBnn/?igshid=1q9o27eyvb172

Content notice: dyadism, anti- ambulatory disability microaggression, and reference to nonconsensual medical and surgical procedures. End of content notice. Credits: The image was taken by Brazilian Swede photographer-artist Caique Silverio (@caiquesilverios). The subject photographed is Ellie Ida Nordelt (@intersexxy), who goes by they/she pronouns. The image and caption is reposted from Nordelt's Insta account. End of credits. Image description: Ellie Nordelt, a white queer intersex transgender legally -blind activist from OII (Organization Intersex International) Scandinavia, is shown holding a cardboard sign. In black-ink, all caps, the sign reads, "Stop forced medical interventions on intersex children." The word "forced" is underlined. End of image description. Reposted caption: "Stop forced medical interventions on intersex children Today (10/26/16) is Intersex awareness day. We stand together against unnecessary and harmful medical practices. For Intersex rights. Intersex; we who are born with bodies that are considered not typically male or female. People with intersex traits are subjected to forced medical interventions from early ages, so called “normalizing” surgeries/hormonal treatments. Share this post to show your solidarity with the intersex community and to show that you support intersex rights, as the right to informed consent before medical interventions. Intersex scandinavia Ellie Nordfelt @intersexxy Photos: Caique Silverio #intersexday2016 #intersexscandinavia #oiiinternational #intersex #intersexday #intersexawareness #intersexy #xxy #intersexxy #intersexawarenessday #intersexsolidarity" End of reposted caption.

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