About Intersex Youth
Introduction to the campaign
Welcome to the #IntersexYouth Campaign website!
Focusing on the Intersex Youth the campaign will kick off on Intersex Awareness Day (26 October) and continue until Intersex Day of Solidarity (8 November), and even beyond.
OII Europe, our member organisations, and intersex activists across Europe stand united behind one clear message this October → as we mark 30 years since the first public demonstration for intersex rights: Being intersex is not a problem to fix.
Intersex youth thrive when they have access to healthcare and to human-rights based, comprehensive information about their bodies. They thrive with peer support, community and the freedom to make decisions about their own futures. They thrive when bodily autonomy and self-determination is not violated but protected.
From 26 October through 8 November, we’re raising awareness and driving institutional change around the experiences of intersex youth: education, mental health, access to healthcare, fair participation in sport, and the intersectionalities that shape these lived realities.
Together, let’s build a world where intersex youth don’t just survive → they belong, they’re heard, and they can fully become who they are meant to be!
Intersex Youth and…
We cover several topics in this campaign, click through the individual pages to learn more
Access to Health Care
Learn more about Intersex Youth and Access to Health Care
Mental Health
Learn more about Intersex Youth and Mental Health
Education
Learn more about Intersex Youth and Education
Sports
Learn more about Intersex Youth and Sports
Intersectionalities
Learn more about Intersex Youth and Intersectionalities
Share the campaign
You want to support us highlighting our Intersex Youth campaign? Here’s how:
Are you a non-profit-organisation (NGO) or an institution? Are you a relative, a loved one, an ally, a friend of intersex persons?
On your social media, make sure you follow OII Europe’s social media accounts (link below) and keep your eyes peeled during the 14 days between 26 October and 08 November for our daily postings. We would be thrilled if you like, share, or repost our posts!
If you want to share our campaign materials directly, you can visit our Milanote and Google Drive Folder for the campaign. There you will find the campaign assets, including all social media graphics, videos and carousels that we will share during the Intersex Awareness Weeks this year.
- On our Milanote campaign schedule you will find all sets of materials for each day of the campaign, including links to our…
- …Google Drive Folder with all the assets and the Communication Kit with further information, including a draft text that you can use for emailing your network, all the social handles and hashtags related to the campaign and the Intersex Awareness Weeks.
Please make sure to tag OII Europe in your postings and do not remove the OII Europe logo from campaign materials.
Thank you for joining us in amplifying visibility for the realities of intersex youth and children!