Staying informed is crucial for any community, and the intersex community is no exception. This section keeps you up-to-date on the latest advancements, legal battles, and advocacy efforts impacting intersex lives around the world.
Europe
April 4, 2025
Museum of Transology celebrates its 10th anniversary. The Museum of Transology is celebrating 10 amazing years of preserving trans, intersex, and non-binary stories. The museum was built on the grounds of combating the erasure of trans people from history: “Never again will the records of our lives be written by the media that spectacularise us, the legal systems that criminalise and the psychiatrists who pathologise us.”
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April 7, 2025
Uni of Leeds publishes research on making the curriculum more trans and non-binary inclusive. Leeds’ Medical School is adapting its curriculum to “develop a university-wide culture which promotes equality and inclusion”. It aims to ensure the “advancement of gender equality”, allowing for “representation, progression and success for all”. The university also published research that questions: “Why is your medical curriculum straight?” It suggests medical students should learn about “non-traditional pregnancies” and “diverse family structures”.
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April 8, 2025
Slovakia: Proposed constitutional amendments would crush the rights of LGBTIQ+ people and be a backward step for gender equality. Amendments to the Constitution of Slovakia to recognize only two sexes (male and female) and limit adoption to only married heterosexual couples would have a devastating impact on the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, said Amnesty International ahead of an expected debate and vote in the Slovak parliament.
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April 14, 2025
Hungary bans public LGBTQ+ events, protests erupt. The Hungarian parliament has approved a package of constitutional amendments that include a ban on LGBTQ+ events and provides a constitutional basis for denying recognition to transgender and intersex identities. The amendment was approved by the parliament with 140 votes in favor and 21 against and also allows the use of facial recognition to track and fine participants.
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April 17, 2025
Sinn Féin banned from Trans and Intersex Pride march. Sinn Féin has been banned from July’s Trans and Intersex Pride march in Dublin following comments by the party’s health spokesperson, David Cullinane.
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April 26, 2025
The British Medical Association (BMA) resident doctors’ conference on 26 April criticized a recent UK Supreme Court ruling that defines “woman” under the Equality Act solely by biological sex at birth. The doctor argues that this ruling is reductive, trans and intersex-exclusionary and biologically nonsensical
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May 21, 2025
Intersex people in Ireland suffer “poor mental health”, new report finds. A newly published report by Trinity College Dublin, in partnership with Belong To and Intersex Ireland, has revealed a deeply concerning mental health crisis among intersex people living in Ireland. The report analyses responses from 31 individuals who identified as intersex and uncovers high levels of psychological distress across a number of indicators. Despite the limited sample size, the findings are stark and echo similar patterns seen in international studies.
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June 11, 2025
Biologists at Hungarian Academy of Sciences say it is not true that “a person is either male or female”. By a 92 percent majority, Hungary’s 38 leading biologists have adopted a resolution setting out scientific arguments for why the statement included in the Fundamental Law by the governing parties is inaccurate. “A non-negligible proportion of people are born and/or develop with chromosomal or anatomical characteristics that do not clearly correspond to the traditional definition of ‘male’ or ‘female, ’” they say.
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June 13, 2025
Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘greatest honour’ as an intersex woman, says winner. The winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction has said the award is “the greatest honour of my life as a woman” as she reflected on her experience growing up as intersex.
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June 26, 2025
Dublin City Unniversity hosts major international Intersex Studies conference. This month, Dublin City University hosted Intersex Insights: Heritage, Visibility and Recognition, a two-day conference dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary conversations on intersex studies and variations of sex characteristics (VSC). The event took place on 9 and 10 June 9th and was led by Dr Marta Prandelli as the final output of CHRISALIS, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by the European Union.
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June 26, 2025
Advocacy organization aims to fill the gap left by cancellation of US reporting on LGBTQ rights. The LGBTIQ advocacy group Outright International is stepping up to fill the void created by President Trump’s cancellation of reporting on the status of queer people’s human rights by releasing its own set of country overview reports, highlighting the progress and challenges queer people face in every country around the world.
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New Zealand
April 30, 2025
New Zealand First Bill defining ‘Woman’ and ‘Man’ in law a step backwards. A Member’s Bill introduced by New Zealand First to legally define the biological definition of a woman and a man has been condemned by non-binary intersex advocate Tu Chapman. The Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill seeks to legally define a “woman” as “an adult human biological female” and a “man” as “an adult human biological male.” Chapman says defining men and women as biological absolutes marginalises certain sectors of society, such as intersex and non-binary.
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Africa
April 15, 2025
Nigeria takes steps to include intersex individuals in its health agenda. The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has launched an initiative to integrate intersex Nigerians—those born with variations in sex characteristics—into national health policies
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May 10, 2025
Calls grow to end stigma against intersex children in Busia County. Intersex individuals in Africa are faced with significant stigma and discrimination due to their biological variations in sex characteristics. The move has seen Busia Child Protection Officials and Human Rights Advocates calling for increased awareness, protection, and support for intersex children amid rising concerns over stigma against these children.
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United State
April 2, 2025
Judge grants temporary restraining order against ‘bathroom bill’ governor signed in March. A district court judge in Missoula temporarily blocked state officials from enforcing a new Montana law restricting access to public restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping spaces based on an individual’s sex assigned at birth
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April 2, 2025
Appeals Court reverses transfer of prison inmate from men’s to women’s prison. The North Carolina Court of Appeals has reversed a trial judge’s 2023 decision forcing state officials to transfer an inmate from a men’s prison to a women’s prison. Appellate judges split on how much information the court should have released to the public about the case.
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April 9, 2025
Stony Brook University and Gender Equality New York Hosts Queer Artist Expo for Transgender Day of Visibility. On Monday, March 31, Stony Brook University’s LGBTQ* Services and Gender Equality New York (GENY) hosted a vibrant queer artist expo in celebration of Transgender Day of Visibility. Pieces ranged from whimsical miniature paper-mache octopuses to life-sized abstract art paintings emblazoned with daisies. The artists behind the pieces smiled tenderly and eagerly engaged with curious attendees. Additionally, spoken personal word poetry and heartfelt musical performances touching on the lived experiences of transgender artists occurred throughout the night.
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April 14, 2025
Texas Republican mocked after admitting he doesn’t know what intersex is. Republican Rep. Andy Hopper admitted he doesn’t know what being intersex is while trying to cut funding for universities over LGBTQ+ programs.
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May 16, 2025
Preliminary Injunction Ruling in Case Challenging Anti-Transgender Bathroom Ban. A Missoula County District Court issued a preliminary injunction blocking HB 121, Montana’s anti-transgender bathroom ban, while the legal case proceeds. The ruling allows transgender and intersex people to continue using public facilities that match their gender identity during the case.
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April 30, 2025
ACLU Asks Court to Expand Temporary Relief to All Trans, Intersex, and Nonbinary People Seeking Passports. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Massachusetts, and Covington & Burling LLC filed motions for class certification and preliminary classwide relief in their lawsuit challenging the State Department’s refusal to issue passports with accurate sex designations for trans, intersex, and nonbinary American citizens.
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May 29, 2025
LGBTQ+ advocates sell ‘petty’ Pride merch to protest Utah’s flag ban and help community members. Leaders and LGBTQ+ communities alike have come together to creatively protest the new law banning the display of certain flags in schools and other “government property”, including Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, who introduced three new “official” city flags. They incorporate the existing Salt Lake City flag design into new iterations that celebrate LGBTQ+ pride, trans pride, and Juneteenth.
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June 18, 2025
LGBTQ+, intersex households have lower income than others. Households of LGBTQ+ and intersex people make 85 cents to the dollar of others, according to the Center for American Progress, which cites discrimination as one culprit and says the Trump administration will likely make it worse
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June 18, 2025
The US has suspended Trumpʼs ban on issuing transgender, intersex and non-binary passports. A Massachusetts district court has issued a stay on President Trumpʼs decision to recognize only biological male and female genders on passports. The stay will remain in effect while a lawsuit is pending.
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June 24, 2025
Intersex Progress flag was debutted in San Francisco . A mural of a version of the Progress Pride flag that pays tribute to intersex people made its debut Friday, June 20, during a ceremony at Jane Warner Plaza in San Francisco’s LGBTQ neighborhood
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Canada
April 1, 2025
Discovering the First Intersex Southern Right Whale. The result revealed that Eau10bthe whale had a Y chromosome and two X chromosomes, meaning the animal was neither male nor female. Eau10b was an intersex whale—the first of its species known to scientists.
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