Intersex Day of Remembrance
{{Short description|Annual observance}}
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|type = international
|longtype = International
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|firsttime = November 8, 2005
|nickname = Intersex Solidarity Day
|observedby = Intersex community
|duration = 1 day
|frequency = annual
|scheduling = same day each year
|date = November 8
|mdy = yes
|observances =
|relatedto = Intersex Awareness Day
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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.
History
The event appears to have begun on November 8, 2005, as Intersex Solidarity Day, following an invitation issued by Joëlle-Circé Laramée, then Canadian spokeswoman for Organisation Intersex International.{{cite web|url=http://www.intersexualite.org/Solidarity-Events.html |title=Solidarity-Events |work=Organisation Intersex International |access-date=2017-01-10 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206132613/http://www.intersexualite.org/Solidarity-Events.html |archive-date=2006-02-06 }} The Organisation invited organisations and groups and individuals to show solidarity by marking: the life of Herculine Barbin, or discussing intersex genital mutilation, "the violence of the binary sex and gender system" and/or "the sexism implicit within the binary construct of sex and gender".
Observance
While Intersex Awareness Day on October 26 appears to be celebrated more in English-speaking countries, particularly in North America, Intersex Day of Remembrance has been marked mostly in Europe. Some countries, such as Australia and South Africa, mark both events and the days between as "14 days of intersex".[http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/intersex-awareness-day-calls-equality-and-end-bigotry261012 Intersex Awareness Day calls for equality and end to bigotry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231003111/http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/intersex-awareness-day-calls-equality-and-end-bigotry261012 |date=2013-12-31 }}, Gay Star News, 26 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.[http://www.starobserver.com.au/opinion/the-14-days-of-intersex/64300 The 14 days of intersex] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611180318/http://www.starobserver.com.au/opinion/the-14-days-of-intersex/64300 |date=2017-06-11 }}, Star Observer, 25 October 2011.
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.[https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20120529115?open&refNavID=HA8_1 Intersex Day of Remembrance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082234/https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20120529115?open&refNavID=HA8_1 |date=2014-10-06 }}, New South Wales Parliament, 29 May 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
In 2014, Literaturhaus Salzburg, Austria, was the venue for an Intersex Solidarity Day event.[http://intertagung-salzburg.at {{in lang|de}} 1. Inter*Tagung Salzburg 7. und 8.11.2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100109/http://intertagung-salzburg.at/ |date=2014-10-06 }}, HOSI. Retrieved 4 October 2014.[http://www.salzburg.info/en/art_culture/events_calendar/intersex-solidarity-day-2014_va-1081927 Intersex Solidarity Day 2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006161105/http://www.salzburg.info/en/art_culture/events_calendar/intersex-solidarity-day-2014_va-1081927 |date=2014-10-06 }}, Official Salzburg Travel Guide. Retrieved 4 October 2014. A similar event was held at University of Salzburg in 2013.[http://www.hosi.or.at/2013/11/04/8-november-intersex-solidarity-day/ {{in lang|de}} 8. November: Intersex Solidarity Day] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006193325/http://www.hosi.or.at/2013/11/04/8-november-intersex-solidarity-day/ |date=2014-10-06 }}, HOSI, 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2014. On Intersex Solidarity Day 2016, OII Europe launched a new visibility website, InterVisibility.eu, with material on intersex in 23 European languages.{{cite web | title = Intervisibility European project launched | url = http://intersexday.org/en/intervisibility-launch/ | work = Intersex Day | date = November 8, 2016 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170111004604/http://intersexday.org/en/intervisibility-launch/ | archive-date = January 11, 2017 }}{{cite web | title = InterVisibility European Intersex Visibility Works! | url = http://intervisibility.eu | work = OII Europe | date = 2016 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161114001648/http://intervisibility.eu/ | archive-date = 2016-11-14 }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://intersexday.org/en/ Intersex Day site]
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