Monthly archives: July, 2020

HELP US: Intersex Human Rights Abuses Survey

Dear intersex people and parents of intersex people! We turn to you for help in investigating the situation of observance of human rights, as well as the legal needs of intersex people in the Russian Federation. We ask you to take part in the survey using this link [RUS]. If you would like to be …

“Family Code is amended without looking at sex characteristics,” expert commentary

Ilia, co-director and lawyer of the Association of Russian Speaking Intersex People, commented on the new bill for the Kommersant newspaper. The article details our organization’s advocacy on the issue and sets a good example of an alliance between activists and media.

“‘This is fascism’: how Mizulina’s new bill discriminates against transgender and intersex people,” expert commentary

Ilia, a co-Director of the Association of Russian Speaking Intersex People commented to the BBC about the impact of the new bill on the lives of intersex people.

Statement on the restricting the right to marry and legal gender recognition of intersex people

Association of Russian Speaking Intersex People (ARSI), Interseks.Ru, NFP+, and QIT-Initiative express their condemnation of draft bills on changes in family and civil legislation introduced by a group of the Russian Federation Council’s members for consideration by the State Duma of the Russian Federation on July 14, 2020. In our view, these draft bills, if …

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