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Intersex people have existed since the beginning of time and will exist until the end of time. No law, executive order, judge or advocate of pseudoscience can erase us. Their goal is to conceal any existence outside of an impossibly narrow sex binary. Our existence is resistance.

RT @TheAdvocateMag: Anti-trans laws often make exceptions for surgeries on intersex children. Thea Hillman explains why both communities' rights are at stake.

RT @EqualityCaucus: Roughly 1.7% of all people have some sort of innate intersex variation of their hormones, chromosomes, or reproductive system. Intersex people should be free to make decisions about their own bodies, their own care, and their own stories. #IntesexAwarenessDay

RT @them: On Intersex Awareness Day, Betsy Driver and Riki Wilchins trace a movement that challenged medical secrecy and is still fighting to make consent matter.

RT @outmagazine: On Intersex Awareness Day, Zach Eisenstein explains why political attempts to define sex as strictly male or female ignore scientific reality.

RT @InfoASHA: Intersex rights = bodily autonomy for everyone. 💛💜 We all deserve the right to make informed choices about our own bodies. This #IntersexAwarenessWeek, that’s why we show up. #WhyWeShowUp @interACT_adv

When Betsy Driver’s mother took her to medical appointments as a child, she asked whether other children were like her daughter. According to Driver, doctors told her no. Years later, Driver found people with the same intersex variation who had been treated at the same hospital. “We were lied to, plain and simple, lied to."

On Intersex Awareness Day, Betsy Driver and Riki Wilchins trace a movement that challenged medical secrecy and is still fighting to make consent matter.

"If you’ve never met someone who is intersex, or come across language like this, it’s understandable to have questions. But that doesn’t mean we need to ignore, or fear, a group of people that we simply may not be familiar with ourselves. Policies that aim to define or restrict a person’s sex or gender are not rooted in scientific reality; they’re based on political ideology."

On Intersex Awareness Day, Zach Eisenstein explains why political attempts to define sex as strictly male or female ignore scientific reality.

On October 26, 1996, a brave group of intersex people, backed by transgender allies, demonstrated for the first time against the harms, including nonconsensual surgeries, they’d experienced from doctors. This was declared the first #IntersexAwarenessDay.

RT @PinkNews: Today (26 October) marks Intersex Awareness Day 💛💜 Intersex Awareness Day is an international observance highlighting human rights issues faced by intersex people, challenging social stigma and misinformation surrounding intersex traits.

RT @EU_Justice: 💛💜 Different bodies. Equal rights. On Intersex Awareness Day, let’s listen to intersex voices and stand up for their rights, dignity and bodily autonomy. ⚖️ Discover our LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030 #UnionOfEquality

RT @voffund: On this Intersex Awareness Day, listen to Spike’s story & learn more about intersex individuals & the challenges they face. #IntersexAwarenessDay #intersex

Thirty years ago, intersex advocates refused to stay silent. October 26th marks Intersex Awareness Day and their fight for bodily autonomy. Intersex people have variations in their bodies like reproductive anatomy, hormones or chromosomes that don’t fit stereotypes of male or female bodies. Nearly 2% of all people are intersex. Some intersex traits are noticed at birth, others during puberty or later. Today, intersex people still face harmful “normalizing” surgeries and medical interventions. These surgeries are most common on babies, not medically necessary, and risk physical health, sexual function and fertility. Intersex people deserve choices about our bodies. #IntersexAwarenessDay

Salem, Massachusetts, will celebrate Intersex Awareness Day with its first-ever flag raising and march. "Visibility matters, and education is an important part of building a community where everyone is able to live openly and authentically," (Mayor) Pangallo said.

This is a MAJOR WIN for intersex and trans people in California! The law prohibits health plans and insurers from discriminating against individuals on the basis of sex, including intersex traits. It ensures that intersex and trans patients cannot be denied coverage for medically necessary healthcare, including gender-affirming care. At a time when the systematic erosion of LGBTQI+ rights has emerged as a federal policy priority, this law is a protection against escalating healthcare attacks.

Dakota West was told by Kansas to give up her driver's license. She was born intersex and lived as a girl since childhood. Now, if she wanted to keep driving, she needed a license that said male. She's suing with the @ACLU. “I hope the judge sees I’m a person,” West said. “I’m just a girl trying to have a life like everybody else.”

RT @TheAdvocateMag: Advocates for both cis and trans girls call foul on a new right-wing proposal that would force school-age female athletes to undergo invasive physical exams to "prove" their gender.

The International Olympic Committee abandoned universal chromosome screening in 1999 following sustained criticism from researchers, clinicians and athletes. Now, more than 25 years later, broad genetic screening is returning to elite women's sport.

Today’s ruling is heartbreaking for the trans and intersex girls who want to play, learn, and thrive alongside their peers. The ruling gives the Supreme Court’s stamp of approval to policies that intentionally discriminate against women and girls who do not conform to sex stereotypes. That should alarm anyone who claims to care about women’s rights. All women and girls deserve the right to play sports without having their bodies subjected to scrutiny and debate—including trans and intersex girls. The discriminatory sports bans the Court has let stand today are hateful and disheartening, but the ruling does not strip away the broader rights and freedom of trans and intersex people. We will continue to defend inclusion and equality for our communities at work, in schools, and under democracy. No matter what, interACT and our allies won’t stop cheering for trans and intersex youth, both on and off the playing field. We will never stop fighting for the rights of intersex young people and their freedom to thrive.

Aces Fox, a former competitive track and field sprinter, was raised as a girl and won two junior Olympics gold medals competing against both boys and girls. At 19, Fox found out they were intersex, with two sets of DNA. Now, the IOC plans to require testing for adults and minors—who may discover life-altering results at a young age. The youngest girl to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics was 11 years old. The youngest girl Winter Olympian this year was 15. Under the new rules, both girls will be tested before their next Olympic opportunity.

IOC's 'heartbreaking' return to gene testing slammed by trans, intersex athletes

RT @PopBase: PCOS is being renamed to PMOS. (Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome) The change comes from experts that say the old name was misleading, stating that it inaccurately suggested ovarian cysts as a defining feature.