InterAction Suisse
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| Formation | October 26, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Audrey Aegerter & Deborah Abate |
| Purpose | Intersex human rights, education and peer support |
Region served | Switzerland |
President | Audrey Aegerter |
| Website | inter-action-suisse |
InterAction is a Swiss organization for intersex people, parents, friends and allies to educate, provide peer support and address human rights issues.
The organization was created on October 26, 2017, Intersex Awareness Day,[1] by co-founders Audrey Aegerter[2][3] and Deborah Abate.[4] Abate is the principal protagonist[4] in the documentary film No Box For Me. An Intersex Story by Floriane Devigne.[5]
The organization is chaired in 2019 by Audrey Aegerter and is affiliated with Organization Intersex International (OII), and ILGA-Europe.[6] It is a member of the Istanbul Convention Network.[7] and is supported by Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.[1]
Goals
InterAction organization for intersex people, parents, friends and allies to educate, provide peer support and address human rights issues.[8][9][10][11] The core mission of the organization is to provide intersex persons and family members with safe space to understand themselves, and to meet others.[4]
InterAction campaigns to educate people, and end abuses and stigmatization of intersex people, including ending medical interventions on children before they are able to consent, with long-term consequences.[12][13][14][4] InterAction works within Switzerland and internationally on these issues.[4][15]
InterAction advocates for the depathologization of intersex bodies, and so uses nomenclature such as "variations of sexual development" rather than disorders of sex development. The organization prioritises the expertise of intersex people.[16]
