Female? Male? Intersex? Keep an open mind.

As part of the Day of Intersex Visibility on October 26, 2018, the Ministry of Family, Integration and Greater Region launches the awareness campaign: "Female? Male? Intersex? Let's keep an open mind."

Intersex people are born with biological characteristics that do not correspond to the social or medical norm of so-called "masculine" or "feminine" bodies. It is about natural variations of the body. These variations may relate to chromosomal, hormonal, anatomical or reproductive organ characteristics.

Intersex may occur before birth, at birth, at puberty, or at adulthood.

This campaign is part of the actions planned in the first national action plan for the promotion of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, which the government adopted in July 2018. The objective of the campaign is to inform about intersex and fight against the discrimination that intersex people can experience.

The campaign includes a poster, a leaflet for parents of an intersex child and a website. All campaign materials are available in French and German. Posters and leaflets can be ordered by e-mail: secretariatsolidarite@fm.etat.lu