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href="https://intersexday.org/en/regret-born-intersex/" rel="bookmark" title="Do I regret being born intersex?"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/irene-1-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" class="thumbnail-image wp-post-image" alt="Irene" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/irene-1-cine.jpg?w=966&ssl=1 966w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/irene-1-cine.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/irene-1-cine.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="4053" data-permalink="https://intersexday.org/en/regret-born-intersex/irene-1-cine/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/irene-1-cine.jpg?fit=966%2C543&ssl=1" data-orig-size="966,543" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="irene-1-cine" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Irene, human library event in Moscow</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/irene-1-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/irene-1-cine.jpg?fit=740%2C416&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> </header> <section class="excerpt-content cf"> <h2 class="excerpt-entry-title"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/regret-born-intersex/" rel="bookmark" title="Do I regret being born intersex?">Do I regret being born intersex?</a> </h2> <p>Irene of Intersex Russia says: sometimes people ask me, do I regret that I was born intersex? And the answer is no, I don’t regret the fact that I was born intersex! </p> </section> </article> <article id="post-3361" class="m-all t-1of3 d-1of4 post-excerpt-multi excerpt-entry post-3361 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2017-en category-comment category-latin-america category-north-america post_format-post-format-video" role="article"> <header class="excerpt-article-header"> <figure class="excerpt-thumbnail"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/raising-awareness-hana-aoi/" rel="bookmark" title="Raising awareness: being intersex in Mexico"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hana-aoi-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" class="thumbnail-image wp-post-image" alt="Hana Aoi" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hana-aoi-cine.jpg?w=900&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hana-aoi-cine.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hana-aoi-cine.jpg?resize=768%2C433&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="3363" data-permalink="https://intersexday.org/en/raising-awareness-hana-aoi/hana-aoi-cine/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hana-aoi-cine.jpg?fit=900%2C507&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,507" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="hana-aoi-cine" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hana-aoi-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hana-aoi-cine.jpg?fit=740%2C417&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> </header> <section class="excerpt-content cf"> <h2 class="excerpt-entry-title"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/raising-awareness-hana-aoi/" rel="bookmark" title="Raising awareness: being intersex in Mexico">Raising awareness: being intersex in Mexico</a> </h2> <p>Hana Aoi writes on the experience of living and being intersex in Mexico: from being the subject of medical interventions, to creating change.</p> </section> </article> <article id="post-3375" class="m-all t-1of3 d-1of4 post-excerpt-multi excerpt-entry post-3375 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2017-en category-comment category-oceania-en post_format-post-format-video" role="article"> <header class="excerpt-article-header"> <figure class="excerpt-thumbnail"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/first-intersex-mayor-tony-briffa/" rel="bookmark" title="My experience as the world鈥檚 first openly intersex Mayor"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Tony-Briffa-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1" class="thumbnail-image wp-post-image" alt="Tony Briffa" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Tony-Briffa-cine.jpg?w=900&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Tony-Briffa-cine.jpg?resize=300%2C168&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Tony-Briffa-cine.jpg?resize=768%2C431&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="3379" data-permalink="https://intersexday.org/en/first-intersex-mayor-tony-briffa/tony-briffa-cine/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Tony-Briffa-cine.jpg?fit=900%2C505&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,505" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Tony-Briffa-cine" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Tony Briffa. Photo: supplied.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Tony-Briffa-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Tony-Briffa-cine.jpg?fit=740%2C415&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> </header> <section class="excerpt-content cf"> <h2 class="excerpt-entry-title"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/first-intersex-mayor-tony-briffa/" rel="bookmark" title="My experience as the world鈥檚 first openly intersex Mayor">My experience as the world鈥檚 first openly intersex Mayor</a> </h2> <p>Tony Briffa writes about going public, and becoming the world’s first openly intersex elected official.</p> </section> </article> <article id="post-3355" class="m-all t-1of3 d-1of4 post-excerpt-multi excerpt-entry post-3355 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2017-en category-comment category-north-america post_format-post-format-video" role="article"> <header class="excerpt-article-header"> <figure class="excerpt-thumbnail"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/desirability-politics-koomah/" rel="bookmark" title="Desirability politics: sex and the intersex body"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Koomah-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" class="thumbnail-image wp-post-image" alt="Koomah" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Koomah-cine.jpg?w=960&ssl=1 960w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Koomah-cine.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Koomah-cine.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="3356" data-permalink="https://intersexday.org/en/desirability-politics-koomah/koomah-cine/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Koomah-cine.jpg?fit=960%2C540&ssl=1" data-orig-size="960,540" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Koomah-cine" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Headshot gender trio – image supplied.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Koomah-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Koomah-cine.jpg?fit=740%2C416&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> </header> <section class="excerpt-content cf"> <h2 class="excerpt-entry-title"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/desirability-politics-koomah/" rel="bookmark" title="Desirability politics: sex and the intersex body">Desirability politics: sex and the intersex body</a> </h2> <p>Koomah writes on body empowerment from an intersex escort perspective.</p> </section> </article> <article id="post-3341" class="m-all t-1of3 d-1of4 post-excerpt-multi excerpt-entry post-3341 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2017-en category-comment category-latin-america post_format-post-format-video" role="article"> <header class="excerpt-article-header"> <figure class="excerpt-thumbnail"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/santiago-chile-ale/" rel="bookmark" title="From Santiago de Chile to Washington D.C."> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ale-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" class="thumbnail-image wp-post-image" alt="Ale" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ale-cine.jpg?w=900&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ale-cine.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ale-cine.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="3348" data-permalink="https://intersexday.org/en/santiago-chile-ale/ale-cine/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ale-cine.jpg?fit=900%2C506&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,506" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="ale-cine" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ale-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ale-cine.jpg?fit=740%2C416&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> </header> <section class="excerpt-content cf"> <h2 class="excerpt-entry-title"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/santiago-chile-ale/" rel="bookmark" title="From Santiago de Chile to Washington D.C.">From Santiago de Chile to Washington D.C.</a> </h2> <p>Ale describes his journey from Santiago de Chile to an appearance before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington D.C.</p> </section> </article> <article id="post-3195" class="m-all t-1of3 d-1of4 post-excerpt-multi excerpt-entry post-3195 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2016-en category-comment category-north-america post_format-post-format-video" role="article"> <header class="excerpt-article-header"> <figure class="excerpt-thumbnail"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/love-complexity-intersectionality/" rel="bookmark" title="Love, complexity and inter-sectionality"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/saifa-speech-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" class="thumbnail-image wp-post-image" alt="Sean Saifa Wall, by Dottie Suggs" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/saifa-speech-cine.jpg?w=900&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/saifa-speech-cine.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/saifa-speech-cine.jpg?resize=768%2C433&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="3196" data-permalink="https://intersexday.org/en/love-complexity-intersectionality/saifa-speech-cine/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/saifa-speech-cine.jpg?fit=900%2C507&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,507" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="saifa-speech-cine" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Sean Saifa Wall. Photo: Dottie Suggs.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/saifa-speech-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/saifa-speech-cine.jpg?fit=740%2C417&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> </header> <section class="excerpt-content cf"> <h2 class="excerpt-entry-title"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/love-complexity-intersectionality/" rel="bookmark" title="Love, complexity and inter-sectionality">Love, complexity and inter-sectionality</a> </h2> <p>Sean Saifa Wall reflects on growing up Black, queer and intersex.</p> </section> </article> <article id="post-3130" class="m-all t-1of3 d-1of4 post-excerpt-multi excerpt-entry post-3130 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2016-en category-asia-en category-comment category-europe post_format-post-format-video" role="article"> <header class="excerpt-article-header"> <figure class="excerpt-thumbnail"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/breaking-ice-intersex-berezkin/" rel="bookmark" title="Breaking the ice: intersex in Russia"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/aleks-bw-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" class="thumbnail-image wp-post-image" alt="Aleksander Berezkin" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/aleks-bw-cine.jpg?w=900&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/aleks-bw-cine.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/aleks-bw-cine.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="3137" data-permalink="https://intersexday.org/en/breaking-ice-intersex-berezkin/aleks-bw-cine/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/aleks-bw-cine.jpg?fit=900%2C506&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,506" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="aleks-bw-cine" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Aleksander Berezkin. Photo: supplied.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/aleks-bw-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/aleks-bw-cine.jpg?fit=740%2C416&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> </header> <section class="excerpt-content cf"> <h2 class="excerpt-entry-title"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/breaking-ice-intersex-berezkin/" rel="bookmark" title="Breaking the ice: intersex in Russia">Breaking the ice: intersex in Russia</a> </h2> <p>Aleksander Berezkin on how intersex people have shifted from being imperial curiosities to people with disabilities, and on creating new, non-pathologising ways of being intersex.</p> </section> </article> <article id="post-2363" class="m-all t-1of3 d-1of4 post-excerpt-multi excerpt-entry post-2363 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2016-en category-comment category-north-america post_format-post-format-video" role="article"> <header class="excerpt-article-header"> <figure class="excerpt-thumbnail"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/intersexy-fat/" rel="bookmark" title="Intersexy Fat"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Georgiann-byAaronMayes-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" class="thumbnail-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Georgiann-byAaronMayes-cine.jpg?w=900&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Georgiann-byAaronMayes-cine.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Georgiann-byAaronMayes-cine.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="2368" data-permalink="https://intersexday.org/en/intersexy-fat/georgiann-byaaronmayes-cine/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Georgiann-byAaronMayes-cine.jpg?fit=900%2C506&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,506" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="georgiann-byaaronmayes-cine" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Georgiann-byAaronMayes-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Georgiann-byAaronMayes-cine.jpg?fit=740%2C416&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> </header> <section class="excerpt-content cf"> <h2 class="excerpt-entry-title"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/intersexy-fat/" rel="bookmark" title="Intersexy Fat">Intersexy Fat</a> </h2> <p>#IntersexyFat Georgiann Davis writes on the intersectionalities between being intersex and being fat. </p> </section> </article> <article id="post-2208" class="m-all t-1of3 d-1of4 post-excerpt-multi excerpt-entry post-2208 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2016-en category-comment category-north-america post_format-post-format-video" role="article"> <header class="excerpt-article-header"> <figure class="excerpt-thumbnail"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/medical-discourse-bastien-charlebois/" rel="bookmark" title="How medical discourse dehumanizes intersex people"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/janik-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" class="thumbnail-image wp-post-image" alt="Janik Bastien-Charlebois photo" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/janik-cine.jpg?w=492&ssl=1 492w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/janik-cine.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="1455" data-permalink="https://intersexday.org/en/janik-bastien-charlebois-medical-treatment-intersex/janik-cine/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/janik-cine.jpg?fit=492%2C277&ssl=1" data-orig-size="492,277" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="janik-cine" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Janik Bastien-Charlebois</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/janik-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/janik-cine.jpg?fit=492%2C277&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> </header> <section class="excerpt-content cf"> <h2 class="excerpt-entry-title"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/medical-discourse-bastien-charlebois/" rel="bookmark" title="How medical discourse dehumanizes intersex people">How medical discourse dehumanizes intersex people</a> </h2> <p>Medical discourse on intersex voices is an integral part of the management of intersex bodies – Janik Bastien Charlebois.</p> </section> </article> <article id="post-2924" class="m-all t-1of3 d-1of4 post-excerpt-multi excerpt-entry post-2924 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2016-en category-asia-en category-comment category-europe post_format-post-format-video" role="article"> <header class="excerpt-article-header"> <figure class="excerpt-thumbnail"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/intersex-activism-turkey/" rel="bookmark" title="Intersex activism in Turkey"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/turkey-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" class="thumbnail-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/turkey-cine.jpg?w=900&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/turkey-cine.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/turkey-cine.jpg?resize=768%2C433&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="2927" data-permalink="https://intersexday.org/en/intersex-activism-turkey/turkey-cine/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/turkey-cine.jpg?fit=900%2C507&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,507" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="turkey-cine" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/turkey-cine.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/turkey-cine.jpg?fit=740%2C417&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> </header> <section class="excerpt-content cf"> <h2 class="excerpt-entry-title"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/intersex-activism-turkey/" rel="bookmark" title="Intersex activism in Turkey">Intersex activism in Turkey</a> </h2> <p>艦erife and Belgin talk with Kaos-GL about the situation of intersex people in Turkey, bodily interventions without consent and the influences of these on activism.</p> </section> </article> <article id="post-2628" class="m-all t-1of3 d-1of4 post-excerpt-multi excerpt-entry post-2628 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2016-en category-comment post_format-post-format-video" role="article"> <header class="excerpt-article-header"> <figure class="excerpt-thumbnail"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/language-vital-graffam/" rel="bookmark" title="Language is vital"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catgraffam-cine2.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" class="thumbnail-image wp-post-image" alt="Catherine Graffam" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catgraffam-cine2.jpg?w=900&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catgraffam-cine2.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catgraffam-cine2.jpg?resize=768%2C433&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="3117" data-permalink="https://intersexday.org/en/language-vital-graffam/catgraffam-cine2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catgraffam-cine2.jpg?fit=900%2C507&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,507" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="catgraffam-cine2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catgraffam-cine2.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catgraffam-cine2.jpg?fit=740%2C417&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> </header> <section class="excerpt-content cf"> <h2 class="excerpt-entry-title"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/language-vital-graffam/" rel="bookmark" title="Language is vital">Language is vital</a> </h2> <p>The way the intersex community has developed and reappropriated language is a beautiful evolution, says Catherine Graffam.</p> </section> </article> <article id="post-2356" class="m-all t-1of3 d-1of4 post-excerpt-multi excerpt-entry post-2356 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2016-en category-comment category-oceania-en post_format-post-format-video" role="article"> <header class="excerpt-article-header"> <figure class="excerpt-thumbnail"> <a href="https://intersexday.org/en/thinking-outside-box-carpenter/" rel="bookmark" title="Thinking outside the box"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Morgan-cine-byDel.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" class="thumbnail-image wp-post-image" alt="Morgan Carpenter, by Del LaGrace Volcano" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Morgan-cine-byDel.jpg?w=900&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Morgan-cine-byDel.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Morgan-cine-byDel.jpg?resize=768%2C433&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="2573" data-permalink="https://intersexday.org/en/thinking-outside-box-carpenter/morgan-cine-bydel/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Morgan-cine-byDel.jpg?fit=900%2C507&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,507" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="morgan-cine-bydel" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Morgan Carpenter; part of “Visibly Intersex” an ongoing collaborative project initiated and photographed by Del LaGrace Volcano.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Morgan-cine-byDel.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/intersexday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Morgan-cine-byDel.jpg?fit=740%2C417&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> </header> <section class="excerpt-content cf"> <h2 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