Circulo Violeta emerges from the need to connect with other intersex, trans and non-binary artists.
Circulo Violeta emerges from the need to connect with other intersex, trans and non-binary artists. Recognizing that in Puerto Rico the trans, non-binary and intersex communities are invisibilized, marginalized and that they do not have effective andsafe spaces to connect and create exchanges about their experiences and needs as artists from a variety of disciplines. Circulo Violeta intends to be this space for gathering, initially virtually, creating thus an archive and living catalogue with the information of each artist and their practice. Aspiring then to have in-person gatherings that can help them build trans and intersex narratives from and in Puerto Rico. it is a collective of two trans and intersex artists whose mission is to create a network of intersex, trans and non-binary artists from Puerto Rico and its diasporas
Fundacja Interakcja was founded by Polish intersex activist Magda Rakita and the mother of an intersex child.
Fundacja Interakcja was founded by Polish intersex activist Magda Rakita and the mother of an intersex child. They give talks in different contexts, such as on “intersex101 + how to support intersex people at work” for Google Poland and the University of Wrocław. Fundacja Interakcjahas done many translations of YouTube videos on intersex issues into the Polish language. Their work is also specialized on families: they developed a chapter on intersex to be included in a brochure for a program run by Polish LGBT organization, KPH, for parents of LGBT+ youth, and are currently working on a booklet “How to talk to your child about intersex” for parents and guardians of children with intersex traits, as well as publishing a short story for children (about an intersex dragon) translated from Finnish.
Intersex Community of Zimbabwe (ICoZ) was formed in October 2018. They are raising awareness on intersex reality with social media and live interviews, as well as sensitisation workshops for healthcare professionals.
Intersex Community of Zimbabwe (ICoZ) was formed in October 2018. They are raising awareness on intersex reality with social media and live interviews, as well as sensitisation workshops for healthcare professionals. They are also working in having intersex people included in the HIV and AIDS debates, with participation in panels on the topic. They engage in advocacy with UN with a contribution about The Rights of Intersex Women and Girls in Zimbabwe, as an NGO submission for the 75th session of the Pre–Sessional Working Group of Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. They are also involved in the UPR process in Harare, and participated in the Child Rights Coalition Conference.During covid–19 they created a specific program with donations across their territories, to empower the intersex community (intersex adults and families of intersex children) with skills to make different products such as hand sanitizers, orange juice for vitamine C, soap making, and gardening activities (to promote healthy eating and to help raise funds by selling fresh vegetables). They are also involved in regional meetings and international intersex networks. In 2019, ICoZ was part of a delegate representing the African Intersex Movement (AIM) at the African Commission which traveled to The Gambia to present an information note on The Rights of Intersex Persons in Africa.
The Intersex Justice Project (IJP) was formed in 2017, centering voices and leadership of intersex people of color.
The Intersex Justice Project (IJP) was formed in 2017, centering voices and leadership of intersex people of color. They build partnership with other intersex organizations and organizers (such as InterACT), as well as allies, such as artists, public figures, or organizers. They do awareness raising work through social media, live chats, interviews and podcasts. They opened the Queer March in New York and their core work is centered around their #EndIntersexSurgery campaign at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, in front of which they have been organizing repeated protests. These actions were successful with Lurie apologizing for the harm done to intersex people and committing to suspend cosmetic and medically unnecessary surgeries for six months as they explore “comprehensive and informed intersex care” with intersex consultants. Following this success they have been holding press conferences and interviews, strengthening their national visibility.
Trans Smart Trust works to promote the identification, inclusion, integration and assimilation of human rights issues affecting Intersex and transgender persons within different social groups of the larger Zimbabwean community.
Trans Smart Trust is an organization focused on intersex and transgender persons founded in 2012 and registered as a Trust on the 16th of July 2016 after a long struggle in an environment where there is limited appreciation and acknowledgement of the existence of intersex and transgender persons. Trans Smart Trust works to promote the identification, inclusion, integration and assimilation of human rights issues affecting Intersex and transgender persons within different social groups of the larger Zimbabwean community. Through Trans Smart strategic focus, the organization’s participatory methodologies have become the fulcrum for integrated inventiveness in developing intersex and transgender person’s livelihoods. The organization has continuously been working on improving the Health, Human rights, Life Skills, Capacities and participation in governance processes. Trans Smart Trust manages a portfolio of projects targeting intersex and Transgender persons who constitute intersex and transgender people living with HIV, albinism within urban and rural areas. The organization’s activities bridges the knowledge gaps through information dissemination and provides capacity building for rural and urban populaces, facilitates platforms for the community and its leadership to interrogate as well as take action in promoting human rights.
The Houston Intersex Society aims to empower and enrich the lives of intersex people while working to end shame and discrimination through education, outreach, and support.
The Houston Intersex Society was formed on June 27, 2012. Both co-founders knew each other as teenagers in an LGBT youth group but because of shame, stigma, and secrecy neither one was open about their intersex status. They reconnected as adults at a local community center and upon learning that they both felt the same isolation while sitting next to each other every Friday night for years as teenagers, they decided to create an organization that very day. They created the organization with the intention to be visible to other intersex people, to advocate for those intersex individuals unable to advocate for themselves, to influence legislation to protect intersex bodies, and to educate medical providers so they can provide adequate care to intersex people.
The Houston Intersex Society aims to empower and enrich the lives of intersex people while working to end shame and discrimination through education, outreach, and support.
OII Sverige envisages a world where the diversity of the human body is both recognized and celebrated beyond our current system which only validates people with bodies and genders which conform to male or female.
OII Sverige was formed on the 28th of February 2018. Before that the members were part of a loosely formed network called Intersex Scandinavia. OII SVERIGE envisages a world where the diversity of the human body is both recognized and celebrated beyond our current system which only validates people with bodies and genders which conform to male or female. OII SVERIGE as an organization offers support and advocacy for people with intersex variations, that is, bodies that do not conform to the standard definitions of female and male. OII SVERIGE also offers information to families, patient support groups, and concerned health professionals through presentations by group members. OII Sverige is open to intersex people who want to advocate for intersex human rights, but of course OII SVERIGE will work for all people with intersex variations in Sweden, regardless of if they want to participate in the organizations work or not. The goal for OII SVERIGE is to create a stronger and more collaborative intersex movement in Sweden, increase visibility and the need for everyone to engage with intersex issues.
Ivy Foundation was formed to create awareness for intersex persons and non intersex persons to create a better environment for intersex persons which caters to their needs and is more understanding of their different conditions and advocate for the rights of an intersex person both young and old.
Ivy Foundation was formed in 2016. They recently organized a workshop for journalists with 30 reporters from all three major regions in Malawi: Mzuzu, Blantyre and Lilongwe, as well as a workshop for the LGTBIQ community. The latest lead to the constitution of a monthly peer–support meeting for intersex people. They are building a sustainable organization by investing in staff and an office.
Intersex South Africa (ISSA) is dedicated to raising awareness of intersex issues in South Africa while advocating and supporting all intersexed South Africans.
Intersex South Africa was created by the late intersex organizer Sally Gross, and became dormant after Sally’s death in 2014, but was revived in 2017. They continue strengthening their organization with the adoption of a strategic plan. They are involved in the regional and international intersex movement and participate in events like the African intersex meeting or the Global Feminist LBQ conference. They have a strong presence on social media and have been front and center in media coverage on Caster Semenya’s case. They also build awareness with screenings, debates, panels and discussions. On advocacy work, they are giving training to stakeholders such as the South African Human Rights Commission and calling them to conduct a national inquiry and a law reform, to review school curricula, and to ending intersex mutilation.
During covid–19, the organization conducted a national survey to understand how the members of the intersex community were affected and published a report out of it.
IPSK started in Nairobi on November 2016 to provide support and creating awareness as well as gathering data to establish the identifiable presence of intersex persons in Kenya, the identifiable presence of practice or beliefs that the human rights, dignity or lives of all such persons.
IPSK started in Nairobi on November 2016 to provide support and creating awareness as well as gathering data to establish the identifiable presence of intersex persons in Kenya, the identifiable presence of practice or beliefs that the human rights, dignity or lives of all such persons. IPSK succeeded in their goal to have the “intersex” category included in the national census in August 2019. They are continuing their advocacy work by sensitizing the senators to have intersex people included in registration and health–related bills. They also participated in many media interviews, and create a publication on intersex stories about mental health. On October 26th they organized a public intersex gathering for IAD, to reclaim public space.
