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Intersex Awareness Day

Tue, Oct 26

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International

Celebrated in October to commemorate the first intersex protest, which took place in Boston, MA outside the annual American Academy of Pediatrics conference in 1996.

Intersex Awareness Day
Intersex Awareness Day

Time & Location

Oct 26, 2021, 12:01 AM – 11:59 AM

International

About the Event

Celebrated in October to commemorate the first intersex protest, which took place in Boston, MA outside the annual American Academy of Pediatrics conference in 1996. This day was first established in 2003 by Emi Koyoma and Betsy Driver, as a way to raise awareness and a day of action to end shame, secrecy and unwanted genital cosmetic surgeries on intersex children.

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