Intersex
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The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people are recognised by many nations including South Africa, but a rise in homophobia is…
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Nonbinary? SA’s census excludes you
In legal history male terminology shifted after centuries to include females, but now we need to use nonbinary pronouns to include sexual identity
2022 census discriminates against LGBTQIA+ community
LGBTQIA+ organisations have accused Stats SA of being discriminatory for excluding transgender, non-binary and intersex categories in a question relating to sex
Trans woman still waiting six months later for SA ID document
But Seoketsi Mooketsi is cautiously hopeful that the home affairs department’s proposed new ID policy will soon restore her non-binary identity
The things Hollywood taught us to think about trans existences
Disclosure, a Netflix documentary examines the world’s transphobic legacy as portrayed in film and television from as early as 1901
Editorial: We stand behind you, Caster
‘We have come to expect discrimination from world athletics bodies. Witness the ongoing battle to force Caster Semenya off the track’
SA’s pioneer intersex and trans models
Lauren Foster and Monique Walker found themselves in a conservative but developing industry
Doctors shouldn’t define the norm
Cosmetic surgery on intersex children, without their consent, exposes social bias
Intersex babies killed at birth because ‘they’re bad omens’
Their necks are twisted, their bodies are crushed for muthi and their mothers are told they were stillborn
Germany’s top court requires legal option of ‘third gender’
Germany’s top court Wednesday required parliament to recognise a "third gender" from birth.
Cast aside at birth for being intersex
Malume Ngwenya, activist with Intersex Advocacy of Zimbabwe speaks to Carl Collison about being intersex and how that effected family relations.
SA joins the global fight to stop unnecessary genital surgery on intersex babies
South Africa has raised its concern over intersex genital mutilation with the UN. Now it’s a matter of practising what it preaches at home.
Not male, not female: Germany gives newborns a third sex option
Germany will allow babies born with characteristics of both sexes to be registered as neither male nor female.
Kenyan challenges state over prison facilities
An intersexed Kenyan has applied to Kenya’s constitutional court to be released on the grounds that he belongs in neither a jail for men nor women