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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
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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
Chapter 1 – What Is Intersex?
Basic Concepts
Intersex
Sex vs. Gender
Sex is on a spectrum
Transgender
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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
Sexual Orientation and Identity
Identity
Terminology
Intersex
Disorders of Sex Development (DSD)
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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
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
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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
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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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
Good practices: Malta
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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
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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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
Causes
Heteronormativity, cisnormativity and gender norms
Two-sex myth
Stereotypes
Misinformation (general public, medical establishments)
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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
Lack of positive role models
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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
Chapter 4 - The I of LGBTQI+: including intersex in the queer
community, in activism and in campaigning
Inclusion: The importance of intersectionality
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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