Significance:
Intersex is a variation in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, or genitals that do not allow an individual to be distinctly identified as male or female. Often intersex people are expected to conform a certain gender role.
Type:
Civil Awareness Days
Celebrations:
Being open-minded
Observed by:
All sexes
Location:
World
Synonyms:
IAD, Inter Sex Awareness Day
Date origin:
On October 26, 1996, intersex activists from Intersex Society of North America and allies from Transexual Menace held the first public intersex demonstration in Boston