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Canada: Quebec Court Rules in Favour of Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex Rights

On January 28, 2021, the Quebec Superior Court released a long awaited ruling that is considered the most wide-reaching case to date in Canada for the rights of trans, non-binary and intersex people and their families.

My intersex husband

Dr Anani said intersex was not so common in Ghana, however, it happens, "people have this condition and they hide it because it’s not accepted by society. In the past, we know that people have been killed because in some parts of the country it is a taboo for a mother to give birth to a baby with two sex organs".

Philippines: 11 articles to understand why the SOGIE bill is important

The recent online hearing regarding the bill, now called the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill presented more misconceptions about the gender orientation, the bill and the LGBTQIA+ community itself — even linking pedophilia and necrophillia.

Argentina: Presentation of the bill for the comprehensive protection of sexual characteristics

This afternoon the bill for the "Comprehensive Protection of Sexual Characteristics" entered the National Chamber of Deputies, authored by the National Deputy Gabriela Estévez with the support of Intersex Justice, Abosex, the Intersex Plurinational Network and the LGTBIQ + League of the Provinces. The project is presented within the framework of the Intersex Visibility Weeks (October 26 - November 8).

US: Intersex Activists Push Hospitals to Ditch Nonconsensual Surgeries on Children

“For me it’s actually kind of an emotional moment because myself and so many others have been speaking out and allowing ourselves to be vulnerable, talking about our own personal experiences and speaking that truth to power,” Zieselman told Truthout. “To finally have a concrete result like a major institution like Boston Children’s stating that they will end two of the most harmful surgeries is really just quite amazing.”

I'm Coming Out as Intersex After Years of Keeping it a Secret

“My deep desire to be a “normal” girl in spite of being intersex—and the externally imposed standard in which being a well-adjusted heterosexual woman was implicitly deemed to be the most successful medical outcome—overpowered my own true sense of self.”

New handbook on sexual and gender minority mental health

The Oxford Handbook of Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of research on the mental health of sexual and gender minorities