Intersex Day of Remembrance,also known asIntersex Solidarity Day,is an internationally observedcivil awareness daydesigned to highlight issues faced byintersexpeople. It marks the birthday ofHerculine Barbin,a French intersex person whose memoirs were later published byMichel FoucaultinHerculine Barbin: Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a Nineteenth-century French Hermaphrodite.
| Intersex Day of Remembrance | |
|---|---|
| Also called | Intersex Solidarity Day |
| Observed by | Intersexcommunity |
| Type | International |
| Date | November 8 |
| Next time | November 8, 2024 |
| Frequency | annual |
| First time | November 8, 2005 |
| Related to | Intersex Awareness Day |
History
editThe event appears to have begun on November 8, 2005, as Intersex Solidarity Day, following an invitation issued by Joëlle-Circé Laramée, then Canadian spokeswoman forOrganisation Intersex International.[1]The Organisation invited organisations and groups and individuals to show solidarity by marking: the life ofHerculine Barbin,or discussing intersex genital mutilation, "the violence of the binary sex and gender system" and/or "the sexism implicit within the binary construct of sex and gender".[1]
Observance
editWhileIntersex Awareness Dayon October 26 appears to be celebrated more in English-speaking countries, particularly in North America, Intersex Day of Remembrance has been marked mostly in Europe. Some countries, such as Australia and South Africa, mark both events and the days between as "14 days of intersex".[2][3]
Notable observances
editIn 2012, theNew South Wales Parliamentacknowledged the day.Linda Burney,a Member of the Legislative Assembly, also commendedOrganisation Intersex International Australiaas part of a motion noting the day.[4]
In 2014, Literaturhaus Salzburg, Austria, is the venue for an Intersex Solidarity Day event.[5][6]A similar event was held atUniversity of Salzburgin 2013.[7]On Intersex Solidarity Day 2016,OII Europelaunched a new visibility website, InterVisibility.eu, with material on intersex in 23 European languages.[8][9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ab"Solidarity-Events".Organisation Intersex International.Archived from the original on 2006-02-06.Retrieved2017-01-10.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^Intersex Awareness Day calls for equality and end to bigotryArchived2013-12-31 at theWayback Machine,Gay Star News,26 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^The 14 days of intersexArchived2017-06-11 at theWayback Machine,Star Observer,25 October 2011.
- ^Intersex Day of RemembranceArchived2014-10-06 at theWayback Machine,New South Wales Parliament,29 May 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^(in German)1. Inter*Tagung Salzburg 7. und 8.11.2014Archived2014-10-06 at theWayback Machine,HOSI.Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^Intersex Solidarity Day 2014Archived2014-10-06 at theWayback Machine,Official Salzburg Travel Guide. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^(in German)8. November: Intersex Solidarity DayArchived2014-10-06 at theWayback Machine,HOSI,4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^"Intervisibility European project launched".Intersex Day.November 8, 2016.Archivedfrom the original on January 11, 2017.
- ^"InterVisibility European Intersex Visibility Works!".OII Europe.2016.Archivedfrom the original on 2016-11-14.