Organisation Intersex International in the United Kingdom
On Wednesday, the 8th of October 2014 the European Intersex Meeting took place in Riga. Under the umbrella of OII Europe and facilitated by ILGA Europe, this meeting gathered European intersex organisations working for intersex human rights. The goal of the meeting was to identify objectives and strategies to advocate for the full implementation of…
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The information provided on this site is often written from a medical perspective and is provided as a service to help understand different intersex variations. There are certain medical problems associated with some variations. For medical help, please consult a qualified medical practitioner. OII does not accept intersex as a medical issue per se. However, many…
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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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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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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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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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OII Austria - VIMÖ
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Nederlands Netwerk Intersekse/DSD
OII Uganda - SIPD