Celebrating Intersex Awareness Day 2017
By seelenlos on Thursday 26 October 2017, 23:51 - Permalink
Photo: Noviolent Intersex Protest #4 + Open
Letter vs. 6th I-D$D et al., Copenhagen University
30.06.2017

26 October is Intersex Awareness
Day.
This year, we are kicking back – and celebrate:
• 10 years of Zwischengeschlecht.org / StopIGM.org
• 25+ UN Reprimands for Intersex Genital Mutilations
• 125+ Nonviolent Intersex Protests
• 250+ Media Appearances to Raise Awareness
We wish everyone a happy Intersex Awareness Day 2017!
On 26 October, Intersex
People, Survivors, Partners, Families, Friends and Allies around the globe
celebrate
Intersex Awareness Day, commemorating the very first
INTERSEX PROTEST in Boston in 1996 against the Annual Convention of
the American Academy of Padiatrics (AAP), and in support of over
20 Years of Organised Struggle to End
INTERSEX GENITAL MUTILATIONS.
See also:
- IAD
2016: Soon 20 UN Reprimands for Intersex Genital Mutilations!
-
Intersex Awareness Day 2015: Nonviolent Intersex Protest @ Zurich State
Parliament
-
'Boston '96 was a PROTEST!' Happy 10th Intersex Awareness Day 2013!
>>> Intersex human rights at the UN are under attack!!!
•
“Harmful Medical Practice”: UN, COE, ACHPR, IACHR condem
IGM
•
25+ UN Reprimands for Intersex Genital Mutilations – and counting
...
•
UN Committee for the Rights of the Child (CRC): IGM = Harmful Practice
+ Violence
•
UN Committee against Torture (CAT) 2015: IGM = Inhuman Treatment or
Torture
•
UN Women's Rights Committee (CEDAW): IGM = Harmful Practice
• UN Committee on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): Violation of
Integrity
• UN Human Rights
Committee (HRCttee) to examine IGM Practices
•
CAT 2011: Germany must investigate IGM practices and compensate
survivors!
Intersex Genital Mutilations • 17 Most Common
Forms
Human Rights Violations Of Children With Variations Of Sex
Anatomy
IGM – Historical
Overview • What is
Intersex? • How Common are
IGMs?
>>>
Download PDF (3.65 MB)
>>> Table
of Contents
IGM as a Harmful Practice: 2015
UN-CRC Briefing
• IGM: A Survivor's Perspective • Intersex Movement History
• What are Variations of Sex Anatomy? • What are IGM Practices?
• IGM and Human Rights • Conclusion: IGM is a Harmful Practice
>>>
Download PDF (3.14 MB)
>>>
Table of Contents
Eliminating IGM practices by holding the perpetrators accountable via well-established applicable human rights frameworks, including Inhuman Treatment and Harmful Practices – Presentation @ UN expert meeting on Intersex Human Rights

