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Intersex Asia is a pan-Asian intersex human rights organization, established in 2018 and registered in Taiwan.[1][2]

History

Intersex Asia was established at the First Asian Intersex Forum on February 10, 2018, in Bangkok, Thailand.[3][4] The forum brought together 14 people from Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.[3] Notable representatives and spokespeople include Jeff Cagandahan, Hiker Chiu, Esan Regmi,[5] Small Luk and Gopi Shankar Madurai.[3][6] Indian human rights lawyer Prashant Singh has been appointed as coordinator.[7]

Activities

Intersex Asia aims to promote and protect the human rights of intersex people in Asia, including rights to bodily integrity,[8] physical autonomy and self determination, and it also aims to provide a representative voice.[3] In a founding statement the organization identifies key issues including "discrimination, violence and killings of intersex people by a number of cultural, religious, traditional and medical beliefs and practices".[3][9][10] The organization is supported by Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, COC, Mama Cash, Open Society Foundations and RFSL.[1][11][12]

Education and awareness

Amongst its activities, Intersex Asia has published translations of information on key issues and human rights by United Nations Free & Equal into Asian languages including Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Nepali, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and Vietnamese.[13]

Affiliations

Intersex Asia is a member of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.

See also

References

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External links

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