Intersex Educational Resources

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A message from InterACT (Intersex Law & Policy, Media, and Youth Leadership):

Advocating for yourself at the doctor’s can be tough.

Intersex people and people with variations in sex characteristics face numerous barriers when seeking healthcare. We face stigma, discrimination, and undereducated providers.

In just one visit, we often have to:

– Define our anatomy and our variation

– Ask about symptoms related to sex traits

– Voice needs for sensitive exams

– Express (dis)comfort around medical student observers

– Explain past procedures

– Communicate gender identity

… and so much more. But it doesn’t have to be that way!

We want to improve communication between intersex people and their healthcare providers. This Intersex Awareness Week, we’re proud to share the new (and free) Patient Self-Advocacy Toolkit for Intersex People and People with Variations in Sex Characteristics.

The Self-Advocacy Toolkit helps intersex people prepare for healthcare visits, communicate their needs, and advocate for safe, respectful, and compassionate care. Thank you to the intersex people and those with variations in their sex characteristics, researchers and healthcare providers who shared their insights and imagination to help develop this tool.

This Patient Self Advocacy Took Kit is now available at: bit.ly/intersex-self-advocacy

United Nations Intersex Fact Sheet

Providing Ethical and Compassionate Health Care to Intersex Patients | Intersex Affirming Hospital Policies From InterACT and Lambda Legal

Brief Guidelines for Intersex Allies | Information to help you spread awareness for Intersex People. By Hida Viloria and Claudia Astorino

NGO Report to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Periodic Report of Switzerland on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) + Supplement “Background Information on IGMs”

Learn Intersex Human Rights Issues by Reading Our UN Intersex Factsheets in 11 Asian Languages.

Resources for the Parents of Intersex Babies and Children:

Your Beautiful Child: Information for Parents Congratulations on the Birth of your Baby! By Hida Viloria and Claudia Astornio

Intersex for parents By Administration of ihra

Supporting your intersex child – A parents’ toolkit (PDF) By IGLYO Oii Europe, and EPA

Transgender and Intersex Resources

New Trans Healthcare Standards: what should intersex people know. By InterACT

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