Intersex Day of Remembrance

Intersex Day of Remembrance
Also called Intersex Solidarity Day
Observed by Intersex community
Type International
Date November 8
Next time 8 November 2015
Frequency annual

Intersex Day of Remembrance, also known as Intersex Solidarity Day, is an internationally observed civil awareness day designed to highlight issues faced by intersex people. It marks the birthday of Herculine Barbin, a French intersex person whose memoirs were later published by Michel Foucault in Herculine Barbin: Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a Nineteenth-century French Hermaphrodite.

Observance

While Intersex Awareness Day is celebrated more in English-speaking countries, particularly in North America, Intersex Day of Remembrance is marked in Europe. Some countries, such as Australia and South Africa, mark both events and the days between as "14 days of intersex".[1][2]

Notable observances

In 2012, the New South Wales Parliament acknowledged the day. Linda Burney, a Member of the Legislative Assembly, also commended Organisation Intersex International Australia as part of a motion noting the day.[3]

In 2014, Literaturhaus Salzburg, Austria, is the venue for an Intersex Solidarity Day event.[4][5] A similar event was held at University of Salzburg in 2013.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Intersex Awareness Day calls for equality and end to bigotry, Gay Star News, 26 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. ↑ The 14 days of intersex, Star Observer, 25 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Intersex Day of Remembrance, New South Wales Parliament, 29 May 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. ↑ (German) 1. Inter*Tagung Salzburg 7. und 8.11.2014, HOSI. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Intersex Solidarity Day 2014, Official Salzburg Travel Guide. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  6. ↑ (German) 8. November: Intersex Solidarity Day, HOSI, 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2014.