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New procedure for obtaining medical documents for performing medical interventions on intersex children and legal gender recognition in the Russian Federation

On December 6, 2023, the Government of the Russian Federation adopted Resolution No. 2069 regulating the procedure for medical interventions on intersex children, as well as changes in the content of the “sex” column in documents. Ilia Savelev, co-director of the Association of Russian Speaking Intersex, has analyzed the decree and prepared a visual explanation …

“‘It seemed like I wasn’t a girl enough’: how intersex people live in Russia,” expert commentary

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.

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 …

Protection of an intersex person’s intellectual rights

One of the big problems with the intersex movement is the sensationalization and objectification of intersex people’s stories. The story of our intersex participant Olga, published in the collection of the Queerfest 2017 festival “My intersex story” was posted in the public domain without attribution on the site http://veteran.spb.ru. Our lawyer Julia turned to the …

Participation in the conference in Chicago

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 …

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