Youth & Teens
People with an innate variation in sex characteristics or intersex variation learn about or discover this information at all ages. It is okay if you have known for a long time or if it is something you have just discovered about yourself.
These resources have been written with you in mind, and are full of information about understanding and talking about your variation, how you can be involved in making your own health choices and information about friendships, school and work.
These resources aim to help you have your voice heard and make choices about your body, health, and information, no matter your age, so you can feel confident and in control.
These resources can also help you have or start conversations with your parents or other grown ups in your life.
Talking About Intersex at School or Work
This fact sheet is intended for young people with intersex variations/innate variation of sex characteristics. It may also be helpful for family members and carers.
Transition to Adult Medical Services
Paediatric services are designed to support the health of children and adolescents. This means that people typically only have access to them until they are 18, at which point they are expected to move on to using adult services.
Talking About Intersex with Friends
When you learn that you have an intersex variation it can be very difficult to find support. Many people don't know about intersex variations, or how to have a supportive conversation about them.
Talking with Your Doctor
This fact sheet is intended for young people with intersex variations/innate variation of sex characteristics. It may also be helpful for family members and carers.
Understanding your feelings about seeing doctors
Sometimes getting medical care can give you big feelings. These feelings often occur due to a lack of agency. In other words, you might feel like you don't have enough information or much control over the choices being made, other people's reactions to them and actions taken.
Making your own health choices
This booklet talks about ways you can make your own choices when it comes to your body and health. It is for young people who have bodies that are a bit different.
Consent and Privacy in Peer Relationships
This fact sheet is for young people who have bodies that are a bit different. You might know this as an intersex variation, a difference or variation in your sex characteristics, or by a medical diagnosis.
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