Handbook for parents

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Handbook for parents

This is the handbook for parents, prepared in consultation with parents and intersex people themselves in 2008. Intersex is a normal variation of embodiment   INTRODUCTION   All parents wish for a healthy child. Parent are very often distressed when they first learn that their child is born with a difference, be it an illness,…
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Position statement on medical privacy

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This is OII-UK’s latest position on medical privacy, from the statement published on the original OII website. OII’s policy concerning intersex, medical diagnoses and health information.   OII is very sensitive to the individual’s right to privacy concerning medical information and does not require any release of medical information or any diagnosis to be a member…
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OII FAQ

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This was the original FAQ about OII, covering origin, reason, structure, positions, etc. It dates back to 2007 originally, and was still in place on the original website up to the move to separate national pages, and is therefore still current for OII-UK. The Organisation Intersex International (OII) is devoted to systemic change to end…
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Why we do not use “Disorder of Sex Development”

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OII delivered one of the first organised English-language responses to the introduction of this terminology (acknowledging also the objections of Milton Diamond at the time, as well as David, Peter and Esther who proofread the Parent’s Handbook, and those of activists from non-English speaking countries at the time, whose work we were not all aware…
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Mutilations or non-consensual normalization treatments?

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In April 2008, Curtis explained why we did not use the term ‘mutilation’ in OII’s official position on health care; this was still in place upon closure of original website (April 2012). Curtis E. Hinkle, 2008.   We have been asked why OII’s Official Position on Health Care does not mention mutilations.  There are many reasons for…
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Mission statement

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Our Mission Campaign in favour of human rights for the intersexed. Encourage an exchange of ideas and different perspectives about intersex from various groups and geographical regions. Provide information concerning actual life experiences of people with intersex conditions to medical personnel working with infants with atypical genitalia, to psychological experts, sexologists, sociologists and specialists in…
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