Global Solidarity Campaign: Fund Intersex Futures, Intersex Solidarity Day 2025 Statement   

 8 November 2025

Today, on Intersex Day of Solidarity, we stand together to honour the courage and strength of intersex people across the world. We pay tribute to generations of activists who have refused to be silenced, those who have turned isolation into community and pain into power. 

Their fight has brought us here, to a moment of undeniable progress and possibility. The intersex movement has achieved remarkable progress in recent years, both nationally and internationally. This includes more countries introducing laws banning harmful practices such as intersex genital mutilation (IGM), growing public awareness, and the emergence of a strong community of allies. 

For example, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) unanimously adopted a motion recognising intersex as a natural variation of human diversity and supporting legal protections. Research is increasingly supporting intersex voices, including a recent paper published by staff and interns of the World Health Organization, which affirms what intersex people have said for decades; that their bodies are natural, and their rights must be protected. 

International institutions have also added to this momentum. In September this year, a UN report highlighted key intersex rights issues, and the Council of Europe unanimously adopted its Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons (CM/Rec(2025)7), with all 46 member states voting in favor. Earlier, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights made history by adopting Resolution 552 on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Intersex Persons in Africa, marking a landmark moment for recognition and protection on the continent. In addition, the United Nations Human Rights Council, through Resolution 55/14, called on member states to take concrete measures to prevent harmful practices and discrimination against intersex people worldwide. These are historic milestones, tangible proof that intersex rights are no longer invisible, but firmly part of the global human rights agenda. 

These successes are built on years of tireless work by activists and allies operating within the deeply intersectional space the intersex movement inhabits. Intersex organisations engage in advocacy, community support, narrative change, and much more, all contributing to the collective wisdom and resilience of the movement. 

And yet, despite these achievements, the reality on the ground tells a different story. Intersex movements remain among the most underfunded in the world, receiving less than 1% of global LGBTI funding. As global priorities shift, many intersex organizations now face existential threats, unable to sustain staff, programming, or the basic infrastructure needed to continue their work. 

We cannot allow this to continue. 

That is why, today, the global Intersex movement is launching a campaign to raise $20 million dedicated to shaping the future of intersex advocacy and supporting intersex communities worldwide. Despite increased visibility and advocacy, intersex movements remain under prioritized and underfunded, with organisations facing crises due to insufficient core funding. These circumstances, compounded by recent funding cuts, have highlighted the urgent need for sustainable investment and bold action.

Through this one-year Global Solidarity Campaign: Fund Intersex Futures, we aim to secure $20 million in new pledges by the end of 2026 to strengthen intersex organizations, support social and economic transformation, improve mental health and community wellbeing, and ensure the sustainability and agency of intersex movements across the globe. This campaign is about more than money. It is about justice. It is about ensuring that intersex people, and the organisations that represent them, have the resources and autonomy to thrive, to shape their own narratives, and to build a future defined by dignity, equality, and joy. 

We stand at crossroads. The progress we celebrate today is not guaranteed tomorrow. Around the world, anti-rights movements are weaponizing gender and bodily diversity, rolling back hard-won freedoms and threatening the lives and dignity of intersex people. The response must be as bold and unified as the threat is severe. 

The intersex movement has always existed at the intersection of children’s rights, women’s rights, disability rights, and LGBTQ+ justice. Its strength lies in its interconnectedness, a reminder that when we defend intersex people, we defend all who seek to live freely in their bodies and identities 

So, on this Intersex Day of Solidarity, we invite you, funders, allies, institutions, and communities, to stand with us not only in words, but in action. The future of intersex rights is being written now. Let us write it together with courage, solidarity, and unwavering support. 

Join this historic effort and contribute to the global pledge. Your support will directly strengthen the future of intersex movements worldwide and help secure lasting, systemic change. You can get involved or learn more about how you can support this campaign, through the following Global Intersex Movement Community of Practice contacts: 

Jeff Cagandahan jeffcagandahan@gmail.com 

Magda Rakita magda@interakcja.org.pl 

Julius Kaggwa aissgeastafrica@gmail.com 

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Signed : 

Argentina Intersex 

Beyond the Boundary-Knowing and Concerns Intersex 

Caminar Intersex  

DAMINO, Tunisia 

Direitos humanos Intersexo Angola (DHIA) 

Egalite Intersex Ukraine 

Euskal LGBTIAQ+:Behatokia// Observatorio Vasco LGBTIAQ+ 

Fundacja Interakcja, Poland

InterACT (Advocates for Intersex Youth, USA) InterAction for Health and Human Rights (Australia) Interseks Indonesia (Interseks.id) 

Intersex Asia 

INTERSEX GREECE 

Intersex Iceland 

Intersex Kenya Education and Advocacy Intersex Movement Ghana 

Intersex Nigeria 

Intersex Persons Society of Kenya (IPSK) Intersex Philippines 

Intersex South Africa 

Intersex Sweden 

Intersex Thailand 

Intersex Venezuela 

Intersex, The Day After 

Intersexo Brasil 

Intertulias – Círculo Cultural Intersex, Ecuador Key Watch Ghana 

MULABI, Costa Rica 

OII Europe 

SIPD Uganda 

Southern Africa Intersex Forum 

VIMÖ, Austria 

XY Spectrum, Serbia