"Meeting others like me was life-changing"
Intersex people are a group that has long been made invisible, despite making up around 1-2 percent of the population. Because of this, RFSL's partner organization, Intersex Asia, is now actively working to create meeting spaces where intersex people can come together and meet others with similar experiences. Through national forums and conferences, Intersex Asia contributes to both creating community and reducing the sense of loneliness among intersex people. What is intersex? Intersex is when a person has physical characteristics that don’t fit social norms for what female or male bodies are expected to look like. For example, one might be born with both a penis and a uterus. Or one's body might not produce or respond to certain hormones when entering puberty. Somewhere between 1-2% of the population is…