The original statement is available here. This statement outlines the views of the Association of Russian Speaking Intersex regarding the draft Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On the health of the people and the health care system.” In particular, Amendment No. 539 provides for an increase in the age at which it is possible …
The Association of Russian Speaking Intersex (ARSI) has presented a List of Issues for evaluation of the observance by the Russian Federation compliance with the obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights within the framework of the 129th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. ARSI raises questions of the Russian …
The original statement is available here. The unprecedented coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) poses a particular threat to intersex people. This statement discusses the impact of the crisis on intersex people and safety measures to survive the pandemic.
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 …
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 …
Today the founder of the Association of Russian Speaking Intersex, Alexander Berezkin (47 XXY), took part in a protest organized by American intersex activists (Intersex Justice Project) near the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. Intersex activists and their allies demanded that medical unnecessary operations on intersex children without their consent be …
The consultant of the Association of Russian Speaking Intersex Alexander Pershai held an interactive seminar “Inclusive Language for Intersex” at the AIS-DSD Support Group conference, which was held on July 19-22 in Chicago. Participants discussed the difficulties and possibilities of creating an inclusive language for intersex people, how an inclusive language can be included in …
On October 23, 2017, the Ministry of Health approved order No. 850n, which provides for a complicated procedure for changing the legal sex in Russia. In addition to the reprehensible psychopathologization of transgender people, this procedure seems unfair to us in regard to intersex people, so we decided to find out the position of the …
