InterAction is a Swiss organization for intersex people, parents, friends and allies to educate, provide peer support and address human rights issues.
| Formation | October 26, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Audrey Aegerter & Deborah Abate |
| Purpose | Intersex human rights, education and peer support |
Region served | Switzerland |
President | Audrey Aegerter |
| Website | inter-action-suisse |
History
editThe 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[4] 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
editInterAction 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.[4]
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.[4][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
editThe organization is a member of the Istanbul Convention Network,[7] 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][14][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]
References
edit- ^ a b "InterAction – Association Suisse pour les Intersexes". Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice (in Swiss French). 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2019..
- ^ a b Musadak, Mohamed (January 2, 2020). "La société ne veut pas de nous". Le Courrier (in French). Geneva. ISSN 1424-1404. Retrieved June 28, 2020..
- ^ "Opérée enfant, une jeune intersexe lutte contre ce "forcing médical"". Radio Télévision Suisse (in French). 2019-11-17. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
- ^ a b c d e "Intersex Stories". 360°. 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-02-26..
- ^ "AndanaFilms Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam. Une histoire intersexe, Floriane Devigne". www.andanafilms.com. Retrieved 2019-07-24..
- ^ Interview : "Voices of ILGA-Europe". ILGA-Europe. Archived from the original (vid) on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2020-06-28..
- ^ a b Suisse, TERRE DES FEMMES. "Organisations et services spécialisés non étatiques". istanbulkonvention.ch (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-12..
- ^ "InterAction - Statuts d'association" (PDF). inter-action-suisse.ch. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2020..
- ^ "Organisationen". nonbinary.ch (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-28..
- ^ "Gleichstellung von LGBTIQ-Menschen". Stadt Bern (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-28..
- ^ Känel, Maria Von. "Nach Ständerat-Nein verweigert auch der Nationalrat trans und inter Menschen Schutz". The Swiss Rainbow Families Switzerland (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-28..
- ^ ""Tout le monde est différent". L'association InterAction plaide contre les opérations systématiques des enfants intersexes". Le Courrier. 2018-11-04. Retrieved 9 November 2019..
- ^ "Fille ou garçon? Ces enfants qu'on opère pour cocher une case". www.swissinfo.ch. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 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.
. - ^ a b ILGA-Europe (2020-06-22). "The Inspirational Voices of LGBTI Activism". Medium. Retrieved 2020-06-28..
- ^ "Intersexe ou l'urgence d'exister. Comment avoir une pratique professionnelle inclusive avec les personnes intersexes. CHUV Lausanne" (PDF). www.sante-sexuelle.ch. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019..
- ^ "Définitions". Inter-Action. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
Attention : Biologie ≠ Identité ≠ Sexualité
. - ^ Simon, Sophie (November 11, 2019). "Opérations sur des enfants: des experts divisés sur leur nécessité". Tribune de Genève (in French). ISSN 1010-2248. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ Aegerter, Audrey (2019-04-24). "Interdiction des mutilations à Genève | Verstümmelung Verbot in Genf". InterAction. Retrieved 2020-06-28..
- ^ "Avancée inédite contre la mutilation des intersexes". www.20min.ch (in French). 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ "Rapport annuel d'activités" (PDF). inter-action-suisse.ch/association. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Un pas en avant, mais …". Transgender Network Switzerland. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-28..
- ^ Congregation for Catholic education (2 February 2019). ""Il les créa homme et femme" — pour un chemin du dialogue sur la question du genre dans l'éducation" (PDF). Vatican..
- ^ 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
- ^ Intersex Human Rights Australia; GATE (June 17, 2019). "Joint statement to the Congregation for Catholic Education". Intersex Human Rights Australia. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Viens défiler à la Pride avec Totem pour l'égalité de tes droits". Fédération genevoise des associations LGBT. 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
- ^ "Bureau de promotion de l'égalité et de prévention des violences". ge.ch (in French). Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ^ Zuercher, Caroline (2018-05-24). "Les choses avancent enfin un peu pour les transgenres". 24 Heures. VQH. ISSN 1424-4039. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ^ Magazine, Friday (15 June 2019). "Friday Magazine Gibt es Queers, die gegen die " Ehe für alle " sind?". Friday Magazine (in German). Retrieved 24 July 2019..
- ^ "Loi contre l'homophobie et la transphobie sur la bonne voie". 360°. 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2019-07-24..
- ^ "Intergeschlechtlichkeit – ein Tabu ?". Radio Bern RaBe (in German). December 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-28..
- ^ Endrizzi, Luca (2019-04-30). "Testostérone : l'avenir de l'athlète Caster Semenya suspendu à la décision du tribunal arbitral". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved July 11, 2020..
- ^ Interview d'Audrey Aegerter : Krummenacher, Christoph. "Der Entscheid zu Caster Semenya ärgert Intergeschlechtliche". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2019-07-24..
- ^ Babst, Andreas (2019-05-02). "Leichtathletik: Geteilte Meinungen im Fall Semenya". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). www.nzz.ch. ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2019-07-24.