It's Intersex Awareness Week 2024! Did you know it is also Asexual Awareness Week this year? There are individuals who belong to both groups, such as our own Youth Program Manager Apollo (yours truly) who created this art to celebrate both. Intersex people are born with variations in their sex traits or reproductive anatomy that do not fit traditional conceptions about male and female bodies. On the other hand, asexual people experience sexual attraction in a way that deviates from societal standards, such as not experiencing it at all or only under certain circumstances. Historically, these two communities share a similar fight for bodily autonomy against societal standards that dictate what we "should do" with our bodies. Both communities also often struggle to gain visibility of their perspectives on international, mainstream social media. So, during Intersex Awareness and Asexuality Awareness Week 2024, let's put our hands together in solidarity for bodily autonomy and to be loud and proud!
















