Understanding Intersex Experiences

This guide aims to demystify intersex
people’s experiences, especially with
medical institutions, in Quebec. It
provides essential tools for adequate
psychosocial intervention practices
that do not pathologize intersex and that respect the human rights of intersex people. This guide questions long-held assumptions about intersex
people that the medical field still
takes for granted.
The history of medicine is riddled
with discrimination, especially toward
Black people, Indigenous peoples,
people of color, women, trans people,
and intersex people. So, as you read
along, we invite you to reflect on your
own conscious or unconscious biases
toward intersex people.
We also encourage you to question
the effects of positivity bias toward
medical institutions, which can
perpetuate discrimination that occurs
in society in general.