Sogto Ochirov
{{Short description|Russian intersex activist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sogto Ochirov
| native_name = Согто Очиров
| birth_name = Tsyregma Ochirova
| birth_date = 1993
| birth_place = Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
| occupation = intersex activist, archer, shepherd
}}
Sogto Ochirov ({{Langx|ru|Согто Очиров}}, born September 1993{{Cite web |title=Люди-"интерсекс" полны решимости изменить сознание России |url=https://www.mk.ru/social/2020/08/16/lyudiinterseks-polny-reshimosti-izmenit-soznanie-rossii.html |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=www.mk.ru |date=16 August 2020 |language=ru}}{{Cite web |last=один |first=Номер |title=Бурятский лучник полжизни провел в чужом теле |url=https://gazeta-n1.ru/news/society/111724/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=gazeta-n1.ru |language=ru}}) is a Russian intersex activist, archer, and shepherd. He is a Buryat from Zabaykalsky Krai. He is known for speaking openly about living with partial androgen insensitivity.{{Cite web |title=Прямой эфир с эндокринологом (опыт интерсекс-человека с частичной нечувствительностью к андрогенам) |url=https://www.interseks.ru/%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D1%8D%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%80-%D1%81-%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%8B%D1%82-%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |archive-date=2024-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208203258/https://www.interseks.ru/%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D1%8D%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%80-%D1%81-%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%8B%D1%82-%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82/ |url-status=dead }} He became the subject of a YouTube-documentary by Elena Pogrebizhskaya "Intersex people in Russia".{{Cite web |title=Рожденный девушкой в Забайкалье чабан снялся в фильме об интерсекс-людях |url=https://www.mkchita.ru/social/2022/04/06/rozhdennyy-devushkoy-v-zabaykale-chaban-snyalsya-v-filme-pro-intersekslyudey.html |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=www.mkchita.ru |language=ru}}{{Citation |title=Врачи и родители решали за спиной кого из меня делать: мальчика или девочку. Интерсекс-люди в России | date=5 April 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCGlQjajANg |language=en |access-date=2022-05-30}}{{Cite web |title=Чабан из Забайкалья стал героем фильма об интерсекс-людях |url=https://news.ru/regions/chaban-iz-zabajkalya-stal-geroem-filma-ob-interseks-lyudyah/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=NEWS.ru |date=6 April 2022 |language=ru}}
Biography
Ochirov was born in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. He was assigned female at birth based on the appearance of his genitals and named Tsyregma.{{Cite web |last=КРУЧЕНКО |first=Оксана |date=2022-04-06 |title=С виду женщина, набор хромосом – мужской: Чабан из Забайкалья до 23 лет был девушкой, а потом передумал |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/27376/4568926/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=kp.ru |language=ru}}
When he was 13 years old, doctors at a school medical examination sent him for additional examinations when they found out that he did not have a period. By the age of 16 in Chita, he was found to have PAIS, an intersex variation.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-06 |title=Чабан из Забайкалья, бывший девушкой до 23 лет, стал героем фильма об интерсекс-людях |url=https://www.chita.ru/text/gorod/2022/04/06/71234330/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Chita.ru - новости Читы |language=ru}} He was sent to the capital of Russia for further medical support where he had an operation to remove his external male genital organs and was prescribed female hormones.
Due to experiencing gender dysphoria, Orichov changed his gender to male at 23 and continues to live as a man.
For religious reasons, Ochirov decided to consult with the supreme shaman Bair Tsyrendorzhiev in Ulan-Ude about which name to choose. The shaman said Ochirov must be named Sogto.
At the age of 24, he learned about the intersex community in Russia and then began to openly talk about his story in order to help other intersex people and find other intersex people in the Zabaykalsky Krai.
To people with intersex variations, Sogto says: “Accept yourself for who you are. You can't run from it, you can't hide. Just live happily!"
References
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External links
- [https://instagram.com/sogto_93 Sogto Ochirov] on Instagram
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Category:Intersex rights in Russia
Category:21st-century Russian LGBTQ people
Category:Russian intersex people