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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.
IGLYO aisbl is a registered charity in Belgium (No d’dentreprise: 808808665) IGLYORue de l’Industrie 10, Brussels 1000,Belgium
Chapter 1 – What Is Intersex?
Basic Concepts
Intersex
Sex vs. Gender
Sex is on a spectrum
Transgender
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
Sexual Orientation and Identity
Identity
Terminology
Intersex
Disorders of Sex Development (DSD)
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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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
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
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
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
Inequalities in societal treatment
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
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
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
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
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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Causes
Heteronormativity, cisnormativity and gender norms
Two-sex myth
Stereotypes
Misinformation (general public, medical establishments)
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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Lack of positive role models
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
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