Our organization took part in the round table “Intersex movement in Russia: problems and prospects,” organized on December 24 by the Yabloko political party in Moscow. Participants discussed the prospects for resolving intersex issues involving political forces.
The co-director and founder of our organization participated in an international conference on human rights at the City University of New York. They discussed strategies to overcome the invisibility of intersex people in the media with colleagues and human rights activists from around the world. Important conclusions of the conference were the need for systematic …
Association of Russian Speaking Intersex celebrates International Human Rights Day at the negotiation table, where we raise questions about intersex genital mutilations and appropriation of intersex issues in the United Nations. For example, a representative of OHCHR expressed concern about the misuse of language and abbreviations, which impeded the advocacy of intersex rights; and representatives …
Our co-director and lawyer Ilia drew the attention of the international community to the problem of violations of the rights of Russian intersex children. He made a poster, “Protect Russian Intersex Children Right Now,” to draw attention to intersex children’s rights violations that systematically occur in Russia and other countries.
On June 22, ARSI took part in a panel discussion on the development of the intersex movement together with Yuliya Pustovіt and Naydenov Paul. Intersex activist Artyom presented the position of ARSI as an organization based on the idea of a union, as well as on the topic of freedom of alliances of intersex and …
Our organization took part in a public action in Kyiv. On the poster, we demand the full realization of the freedoms that belong to every human being from birth and regardless of their sexual characteristics. In the photo – intersex activists Artyom and Paul.
Association of Russian Speaking Intersex people joined the statement against the continuation of the pathologization of intersex variations in the new version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), available in eight languages at the following link
From the materials of the media, we became aware of the fact that on March 22, 2019, in the Children’s City Hospital of St. Mary Magdalene, a medically unnecessary irreversible sex-“normalizing” operation was performed on an intersex child. Doctors who crippled the child explain the manifestation of the natural diversity of human bodies known since …
On March 2-3, in St. Petersburg, the Association of Russian-speaking Intersex People held a Round Table “Intersex and Trans* Movements: Towards Cooperation”. The participants representing more than 10 initiatives and 12 cities, including foreign ones, got acquainted with the agendas of trans and intersex movements, outlined directions and concrete steps for further advocating for human …
We would like to express our recognition of the international community’s will to put end to human rights violations in the Chechen Republic. We recognize the importance and significance of the work done to ensure the responsibility of those who involved in the alleged crimes committed. At the same time, we consider it important to …
