InterAction Suisse explained

InterAction Suisse
Formation:October 26, 2017
Founder:Audrey Aegerter & Deborah Abate
Purpose:Intersex human rights, education and peer support
Region Served:Switzerland
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Audrey Aegerter

InterAction is a Swiss organization for intersex people, parents, friends and allies to educate, provide peer support and address human rights issues.

History

The organization was created on October 26, 2017, Intersex Awareness Day,[1] by co-founders Audrey Aegerter[2] [3] and Deborah Abate.[4] Abate is the principal protagonist in the documentary film No Box For Me. An Intersex Story by Floriane Devigne.[5]

The organization is chaired in 2019 by Audrey Aegerter and is affiliated with Organization Intersex International (OII), and ILGA-Europe.[6] It is a member of the Istanbul Convention Network.[7] and is supported by Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.[1]

Goals

InterAction organization for intersex people, parents, friends and allies to educate, provide peer support and address human rights issues.[8] [9] [10] [11] The core mission of the organization is to provide intersex persons and family members with safe space to understand themselves, and to meet others.

InterAction campaigns to educate people, and end abuses and stigmatization of intersex people, including ending medical interventions on children before they are able to consent, with long-term consequences.[12] [13] [14] [4] InterAction works within Switzerland and internationally on these issues.[15]

InterAction advocates for the depathologization of intersex bodies, and so uses nomenclature such as "variations of sexual development" rather than disorders of sex development. The organization prioritises the expertise of intersex people.[16]

Activities

The organization is a member of the Istanbul Convention Network, acting as the Swiss relay for monitoring and application of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence. The agreement provides a legally-binding framework on prevention of violence, including a provision on female genital mutilation (Article 38), which the organization considers relevant to the situation of intersex people.

The organization seeks to prohibit intersex medical interventions on intersex children,[17] and submitted a motion proposing this to the Geneva Grand Council on April 10, 2019.[18] [19] The organization pleads with various branches of the Swiss government for reform to changes of name and sex, marriage law, and action to combat discrimination and hate crimes.[20] [21]

InterAction publicly signed a joint statement calling on the Congregation for Catholic Education to reconsider its position on issues relating to intersex people as expressed in the document Male and Female He Created Them.[22] [23] [24]

InterAction participated in the Geneva and Zurich Pride Marches in 2019 and the Remember Stonewall March 2019 in Basel.[25] On behalf of InterAction, Audrey Aegerter represents the interests of intersex people in the canton of Geneva Consultative Commission on issues related to sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.[26]

The organization is regularly interviewed by journalists from the Swiss and French press on LGBTI issues, and in particular on issues affecting transgender[27] or intersex people[28] [29] [2] [30] in Switzerland, in particular in relation to hyperandrogenism and the athlete Mokgadi Caster Semenya[31] [32] [33]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: fr-CH. InterAction – Association Suisse pour les Intersexes. Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice. 2018. November 9, 2019. .
  2. Web site: Mohamed . Musadak . La société ne veut pas de nous . . fr . Geneva . January 2, 2020 . 1424-1404 . June 28, 2020 . .
  3. Web site: fr . Opérée enfant, une jeune intersexe lutte contre ce "forcing médical" . . 2019-11-17 . 2020-10-22.
  4. Web site: Intersex Stories. 360°. 2020-02-26. 2020-02-26. .
  5. Web site: AndanaFilms Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam. Une histoire intersexe, Floriane Devigne . www.andanafilms.com . 2019-07-24. .
  6. Interview : Web site: vid . Voices of ILGA-Europe . . 2020-06-28 . 2020-06-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200628131536/https://www.ilga-europe.org/voices . dead . .
  7. Web site: FR . TERRE DES FEMMES . Suisse . Organisations et services spécialisés non étatiques . istanbulkonvention.ch . 2020-07-12. .
  8. Web site: InterAction - Statuts d'association . inter-action-suisse.ch . 20 October 2018 . 28 June 2020. .
  9. Web site: de-DE . Organisationen . nonbinary.ch . 2020-06-28. .
  10. Web site: de . Gleichstellung von LGBTIQ-Menschen . Stadt Bern . 2020-06-28. .
  11. Web site: de-DE . Maria Von . Känel . Nach Ständerat-Nein verweigert auch der Nationalrat trans und inter Menschen Schutz . The Swiss Rainbow Families Switzerland . 2020-06-28. .
  12. Web site: "Tout le monde est différent". L'association InterAction plaide contre les opérations systématiques des enfants intersexes . Le Courrier . 2018-11-04 . 9 November 2019. .
  13. Web site: Fille ou garçon? Ces enfants qu'on opère pour cocher une case . www.swissinfo.ch . 19 April 2018 . 9 November 2019 . De l’amitié entre plusieurs protagonistes du film et leur entourage est née InterAction, l’Association suisse pour les intersexes. Créée en October 2017, l’organisation propose un soutien aux personnes intersexes et à leurs proches, en mettant notamment des informations à leur disposition. Elle souhaite créer des « safe space », des lieux d’accueil, pour les personnes concernées, et assure des permanences téléphonique. Par ailleurs, elle promeut une approche dépathologisée de la prise en charge des variations du développement sexuel.. .
  14. Web site: en . ILGA-Europe . The Inspirational Voices of LGBTI Activism . Medium . 2020-06-22 . 2020-06-28. .
  15. Web site: Intersexe ou l'urgence d'exister. Comment avoir une pratique professionnelle inclusive avec les personnes intersexes. CHUV Lausanne . www.sante-sexuelle.ch . 15 May 2019 . 9 November 2019 . .
  16. Web site: Inter-Action . Définitions . 11 July 2020 . Attention : Biologie ≠ Identité ≠ Sexualité. .
  17. News: fr . Sophie . Simon . Opérations sur des enfants: des experts divisés sur leur nécessité . Tribune de Genève . November 11, 2019 . 1010-2248 . 2020-07-17 .
  18. Web site: Audrey . Aegerter . Interdiction des mutilations à Genève Verstümmelung Verbot in Genf . InterAction . 2019-04-24 . 2020-06-28. .
  19. Web site: fr . Avancée inédite contre la mutilation des intersexes . www.20min.ch . 2019-04-18 . 2020-07-17.
  20. Web site: Rapport annuel d'activités . inter-action-suisse.ch/association . 26 October 2019 . 28 June 2020.
  21. Web site: Un pas en avant, mais … . Transgender Network Switzerland . 2020-06-11 . 2020-06-28. .
  22. Web site: Congregation for Catholic education . "Il les créa homme et femme" — pour un chemin du dialogue sur la question du genre dans l'éducation . Vatican . 2 February 2019 . .
  23. voir aussi à ce sujet la critique constructive de Paul J. Schutz, professeur de l'Université théologique de Santa Clara (en anglais, 24 June 2019) https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/response-vatican-document-male-and-female-he-created-them
  24. Web site: Intersex Human Rights Australia. GATE. Intersex Human Rights Australia . GATE (organization) . Joint statement to the Congregation for Catholic Education. Intersex Human Rights Australia. March 27, 2021. June 17, 2019.
  25. Web site: Viens défiler à la Pride avec Totem pour l'égalité de tes droits . Fédération genevoise des associations LGBT . 2019-07-02 . 2020-06-28.
  26. Web site: fr . Bureau de promotion de l'égalité et de prévention des violences . ge.ch . 2020-10-30.
  27. News: Caroline . Zuercher . Les choses avancent enfin un peu pour les transgenres. 24 Heures . VQH . 2018-05-24 . 1424-4039 . 2019-07-24 .
  28. Web site: de . Friday . Magazine . Friday Magazine Gibt es Queers, die gegen die " Ehe für alle " sind? . Friday Magazine . 15 June 2019. 24 July 2019. .
  29. Web site: Loi contre l'homophobie et la transphobie sur la bonne voie . 360° . 2018-09-25 . 2019-07-24. .
  30. Web site: de-DE . Intergeschlechtlichkeit – ein Tabu ?. Radio Bern RaBe . December 2019 . 2020-06-28. .
  31. Web site: fr . Luca . Endrizzi . Testostérone : l'avenir de l'athlète Caster Semenya suspendu à la décision du tribunal arbitral . Libération.fr . 2019-04-30 . July 11, 2020. .
  32. Interview d'Audrey Aegerter : Web site: de . Christoph . Krummenacher . Der Entscheid zu Caster Semenya ärgert Intergeschlechtliche . Nau . 2019-07-24. .
  33. News: de-CH . Andreas . Babst . Leichtathletik: Geteilte Meinungen im Fall Semenya. Neue Zürcher Zeitung . www.nzz.ch . 2019-05-02 . 0376-6829 . 2019-07-24 .

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