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It includes a citation to an Italian intersex journal." class="wp-image-1759" srcset="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mel-copy-unique-II-732x1024.jpg 732w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mel-copy-unique-II-scaled-300x420.jpg 300w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mel-copy-unique-II-scaled-600x840.jpg 600w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mel-copy-unique-II-214x300.jpg 214w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mel-copy-unique-II-768x1075.jpg 768w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mel-copy-unique-II-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mel-copy-unique-II-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mel-copy-unique-II-scaled.jpg 1829w" sizes="(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5966-1024x683.png" alt="" class="wp-image-349" srcset="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5966-1024x683.png 1024w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5966-300x200.png 300w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5966-600x400.png 600w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5966-768x512.png 768w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5966-1536x1024.png 1536w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5966-2048x1365.png 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="945" height="950" src="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1b.-Gabriel-kintsugi-of-the-self-embroidery-collage.jpg" alt="Gold embroidered figure of a muscular person on an embroidery hoop. The background is purple with specks of gold. A light shines through the centre of the body." class="wp-image-844" srcset="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1b.-Gabriel-kintsugi-of-the-self-embroidery-collage.jpg 945w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1b.-Gabriel-kintsugi-of-the-self-embroidery-collage-300x302.jpg 300w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1b.-Gabriel-kintsugi-of-the-self-embroidery-collage-100x100.jpg 100w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1b.-Gabriel-kintsugi-of-the-self-embroidery-collage-600x603.jpg 600w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1b.-Gabriel-kintsugi-of-the-self-embroidery-collage-298x300.jpg 298w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1b.-Gabriel-kintsugi-of-the-self-embroidery-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1b.-Gabriel-kintsugi-of-the-self-embroidery-collage-768x772.jpg 768w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1b.-Gabriel-kintsugi-of-the-self-embroidery-collage-70x70.jpg 70w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="640" src="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Image-2-1024x640.png" alt="" class="wp-image-962" srcset="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Image-2-1024x640.png 1024w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Image-2-300x188.png 300w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Image-2-600x375.png 600w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Image-2-768x480.png 768w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Image-2-1536x960.png 1536w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Image-2-2048x1280.png 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="721" height="1024" src="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/YouthI-page-3-721x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1533" srcset="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/YouthI-page-3-721x1024.jpg 721w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/YouthI-page-3-scaled-300x426.jpg 300w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/YouthI-page-3-scaled-600x852.jpg 600w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/YouthI-page-3-211x300.jpg 211w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/YouthI-page-3-768x1091.jpg 768w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/YouthI-page-3-1081x1536.jpg 1081w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/YouthI-page-3-1441x2048.jpg 1441w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/YouthI-page-3-scaled.jpg 1802w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="724" height="1024" src="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/4.-MEL-DEF-dissoCi-Azione-H-1-724x1024.png" alt="A vibrant image of a face that is distorted, colourful and no longer looks human. It is bright pink and yellow, on a green background. The background contains excerpts in Italian of various intersex medical journals." class="wp-image-1503" srcset="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/4.-MEL-DEF-dissoCi-Azione-H-1-724x1024.png 724w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/4.-MEL-DEF-dissoCi-Azione-H-1-300x424.png 300w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/4.-MEL-DEF-dissoCi-Azione-H-1-600x849.png 600w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/4.-MEL-DEF-dissoCi-Azione-H-1-212x300.png 212w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/4.-MEL-DEF-dissoCi-Azione-H-1-768x1087.png 768w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/4.-MEL-DEF-dissoCi-Azione-H-1.png 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="759" src="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/12.-Kon-Zer-1024x759.jpg" alt="A birds eye view of two people standing in a field of yellow and purple flowers. The two people are holding hands and looking at each other." class="wp-image-1475" srcset="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/12.-Kon-Zer-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/12.-Kon-Zer-300x222.jpg 300w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/12.-Kon-Zer-scaled-600x445.jpg 600w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/12.-Kon-Zer-768x569.jpg 768w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/12.-Kon-Zer-1536x1138.jpg 1536w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/12.-Kon-Zer-2048x1518.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5938-1024x683.png" alt="" class="wp-image-346" srcset="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5938-1024x683.png 1024w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5938-300x200.png 300w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5938-600x400.png 600w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5938-768x512.png 768w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5938-1536x1024.png 1536w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5938-2048x1365.png 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="327" src="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lies-shame-1024x327.jpg" alt="Text reads in darkness 'lies' and 'shame'. Image of a person wearing a jumper with the intersex circle on the back and walking into yellow light." class="wp-image-1795" srcset="https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lies-shame-1024x327.jpg 1024w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lies-shame-300x96.jpg 300w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lies-shame-600x192.jpg 600w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lies-shame-768x246.jpg 768w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lies-shame-1536x491.jpg 1536w, https://youthandi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lies-shame-2048x655.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure></figure></div></div><p class="has-text-align-center"><em>Photo credits and artwork: Al Azmi, Gabriel Filpi, Mim Hall, Aude, Kon Zer, Lostmemory, Mel (MelyKurutta), Erdbeersepp and Intersex Peer Support Australia</em></p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity"/><hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity"/><p class="has-text-align-center">YOUth&I acknowledges the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people, and the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, who are the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we operate. 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