Health, Wellbeing & Rights
Health, Wellbeing & Rights
These fact sheets have been developed to empower people with innate variations of sex characteristics to assist with making informed decisions about your healthcare, accessing your medical records and understanding your rights in medical settings. They include a range of self care and mental health focused resources including information on peer support, mental health, sex, sexuality, bodies and vaginal dilation.
Health, Wellbeing & Rights
Sex, Sexuality and Your Body
This fact sheet is intended for people with intersex variations/variations of sex characteristics and their family members.
What is peer support
This fact sheet is intended for people with intersex variations/innate variations of sex characteristics, and for family members and carers.
Mental health and wellbeing
Innate variations of sex characteristics represent a natural diversity in the human population. However, experiences of discrimination, medical interventions without personal informed consent, shame, and stigma can cause distress.
Vaginal dilation fact sheet
This factsheet has been developed for people with innate variations of sex characteristics so they can make informed decisions about trialling or setting up a vaginal dilation routine.
Your rights at the doctor
This fact sheet is intended for people with intersex variations/innate variations of sex characteristics. It may also be helpful for family members. This resource is not a substitute for independent legal or professional advice.
Accessing your medical records
This fact sheet is intended for people with intersex variations/innate variations of sex characteristics. It may also be helpful for family members. This resource is not a substitute for independent legal or professional advice.
Bodily Autonomy and Informed Consent
Navigating healthcare as an intersex adult involves understanding and asserting your fundamental civil and human rights, including bodily integrity and physical autonomy.
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