News24 | Violence Against Intersex People in EU Rising, Demanding an ‘Urgent Response’, Says Rights Group

News24 | Violence against intersex people in EU rising, demanding an ‘urgent response’, says rights group

Intersex people are increasingly facing violence and harassment, the EU rights agency said on Wednesday, adding levels were “alarming” as disinformation “campaigns” target them.

EU rights agency warns of alarming rise in violence, discrimination against intersex people

VIENNA, Sept 17 — Intersex people are increasingly facing violence and harassment, the EU rights agency said on Wednesday, adding levels were “alarming” as disinformation “campaigns” target them.The EU’s rights agency (FRA) published its second report following an online survey of 1,920 intersex people in 30 EU and Western Balkan countries in 2023.“Intersex people in the EU experience alarming levels of exclusion, discrimination and violence,” F…

Intersex people face high levels of violence in Europe

One in six intersex people was physically assaulted in the year 2022, an EU agency report said. Intersex people are the only LGBTIQ group that has not experienced a drop in discrimination since an earlier survey in 2019.

Report: Intersex people still face a high level of discrimination

A new study shows how intersex people still face an alarming level of discrimination, including forced conversion therapies and surgeries, and calls for the European Union to address these issues and help them to be protected from discrimination and hate. The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) conducted the study in the EU plus Albania, Serbia and North Macedonia. The report, called Being Intersex in the EU, is the second study of its kind a…