Outright’s Global Intersex Program

Outright’s Global Intersex Program aims to address the unique and intersecting human rights issues impacting people born with physical sex characteristics that don’t align with typical notions of either a female or male body. Despite many similarities, there are also differences in how discrimination and violence impact intersex people based on different political and cultural environments. We acknowledge and respect that some people with bodies that fit the definition of “intersex” choose not to identify with the term. We further recognize that intersex itself is not a sexual orientation or gender identity and that an intersex person may have any gender identity or sexual orientation.

We believe “the I” belongs in the LGBTIQ movement due to facing similar discrimination and violence based on others’ fear of difference. We also acknowledge the importance of intentional and meaningful inclusion, deferring to the lived realities and experiences of people born with variations of sex anatomy.