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support the following Declaration of Fundamental Principles of the
Organisation Intersex International and hereby express my solidarity
with the Intersex community:
- Intersex
is not a disorder of sex development: intersex refers to those
individuals born of intermediate sex - between what is considered
standard for male or female in our societies.
- Contrary
to what is often asserted, the various degrees of intersex are not
innately an illness or deformity. They are simply variations of the
human body similar to the length of the nose, the colour of eyes, etc.
- We
reject medical categories for the various degrees of intersex, which
are in fact only different reference points on a natural continuum of
anatomical and genetic variations.
- We
stress the whole person from infancy through adulthood and choose not
to focus on an individual's genitalia. We are people, not genitals. As
people, we have a right to our own genitalia and our own identity
without interference, forced treatment or other coercion from legal
and/or medical authorities.
- The
basic problems faced by the intersexed are socio-cultural in nature and
not medical and are a result of the dogmatic fundamentalism inherent in
the current binary construct of sex and gender. Some intersexed
individuals are subjected to genital mutilation in childhood as a
result of this totalitarian, sexist oppression. For this reason, we
denounce all forms of sexism prevalent in our societies, which is
principally directed against women, the intersexed, and other
communities which challenge sex and gender norms.
- To
promote visibility and the recognition of our existence as a normal and
natural part of humanity will benefit not only the intersexed but all
people oppressed by the sexism which prevails in our societies.
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