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The '''UK Intersex Association''' ('''UKIA''') is an education, advocacy, campaigning and support organisation which works on behalf of Intersex people. Its Director is [[Dr J. Hayes-Light]]. | [[File:UKIA.png|thumb|UKIA logo]]The '''UK Intersex Association''' ('''UKIA''') is an education, advocacy, campaigning and support organisation which works on behalf of Intersex people. Its Director is [[Dr J. Hayes-Light]]. | ||
Its aims are:<ref>[http://www.ukia.co.uk/about.html "About" page]. ([http://www.webcitation.org/6sMXQayW9 Archived] by WebCite® at 2017-07-31).</ref> | Its aims are:<ref>[http://www.ukia.co.uk/about.html "About" page]. ([http://www.webcitation.org/6sMXQayW9 Archived] by WebCite® at 2017-07-31).</ref> | ||
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The UK Intersex Association (UKIA) is an education, advocacy, campaigning and support organisation which works on behalf of Intersex people. Its Director is Dr J. Hayes-Light.
Its aims are:[1]
- to educate, inform and campaign in order to remove the shame, secrecy, social prejudice, ignorance and stigmatization which surround Intersex people.
- to campaign against the pathologising and medicalisation of Intersex peoples' lives.
- to campaign against the use of surgery and other medical treatments for coercing Intersex people to physically conform to cultural definitions of "normal".
- to campaign against the widespread practice of witholding information from Intersex people regarding the medical implications of being born Intersex where these exist.
- to campaign for the same status and respect for human rights accorded to all others to be equally accorded to Intersex people.
See also
References
<references>
- ↑ "About" page. (Archived by WebCite® at 2017-07-31).