Intersex Awareness Day: Activist discovered aged 40 that she was intersex
It was only at the age of 40, and after reading her medical records, that Kimberly Zieselman first encountered the word “intersex”.
Until then, she had lived her life unaware of her true identity. Now, at the age of 59, she is senior advisor for global intersex rights at LGBTQ+ organisation Outright International.
Zieselman, who has a background as a lawyer, began advocating for the human rights of intersex people after learning the truth about herself.
Celebrated annually on 26 October, National Intersex Day, also known as Intersex Awareness Day, aims to highlight human rights issues faced by intersex people, including the “shame, secrecy and genital surgeries performed on children”.
Up to 1.7 per cent of the world’s population is born intersex, a figure roughly equivalent to the number of
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