ARSI co-directors Alli and Ilia, together with colleagues, discussed the new legislation to restrict gender transition in Russia and its negative consequences for intersex people. Thanks to Joanna Kozlowska and the Thomson Reuters Foundation (Openly) for bringing attention to this important issue. The article is available here.
The co-director of the organization Ilia Savelev gave an expert comment for Afisha.Daily media on legal gender recognition procedure for intersex people in Russia. The article can be read here.
ИздаLifeNews has released a film about intersex people, including with members of our organization: co-director Alli and peer consultant Olga. The heroes of the film talked about their attitude to the binarity of gender, self-determination, and the experience of accepting their own characteristics. See the link for details.
The co-director and lawyer of the Association of Russian Speaking Intersex People commented to the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper about new bills limiting the rights of intersex people.
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.
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.
The organization’s lawyer Ilia gave an interview about his vision of intersex activism and its legal aspects. We are grateful for the work of interviewing and publishing to Yana Kirey-Sitnikova and the NFP +. The original interview was published on the portal Samost in June 2018.
Our co-director Ilia commented on human rights violations of intersex people in an article at the AIDS.Center web-portal.
Our co-director Alli gave an interview to AIDS. Centre portal. Read more here.
