International Intersex Forum

[1] The International Intersex Forum is preceded by several other smaller gatherings, including an ISNA retreat in 1996 that brought together activists from North America and New Zealand, and also a summer school organised by OII-France in 2006.

The retreat is documented in a short movie entitled Hermaphrodites Speak[2][3] and the film Intersexion, and the summer school in a book, A qui appartiennent nos corps?

Pathologisation of intersex individuals results in gross human rights violations and abuse bodily integrity and personal dignity.

This took place by presenting an open letter authored by Viloria[15] and sent on behalf of signing participants at the Forum to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay.

For the first time, participants made a statement on birth registrations, in addition to other human rights issues:[17][18][19] The forum called on: The Forum was organized by ILGA Europe's Silvan Agius and Ruth Baldacchino, and three intersex activists selected from an open call application process managed by ILGA Europe: Mauro Cabral, of Argentina, Mani Bruce Mitchell, of New Zealand, and Hida Viloria of OII-USA (now Intersex Campaign for Equality).