Lesbian Visibility Day | Beyond the binary: why true wellbeing requires seeing all women
Read the powerful opinion piece written by the chairs of our Women, Transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. More, and Intersexan umbrella term for the spectrum of variations of sex characteristics that naturally occur within the human species. Intersex people are born with variations of sex characteristics (such as genitals, reproductive organs, hormonal and chromosomal patterns) that are more diverse than stereotypical definitions of male or female bodies. Up to 1.7% of the global population are born with such traits; yet, because their bodies are seen as different, intersex children and adults are often stigmatised and subject to harmful practices â including in medical settings - and discriminated against. More Committees for DIVA Magazine on the occasion of Lesbianadjective/noun to describe a woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Women and non-binary people may use this term to describe themselves. More Visibility Week
Women Deliver 2026: solidarity, resistance, and reimagination
ILGA World will be at the 2026 Women Deliver Conference in Narrm, 27-30 April. Check out the events that we will co-host, and join us if you are there!
LGBTI Pathways survey: Join civil society worldwide saying what our communities really need
Hear from civil society organisations and activists from across the world on why taking the LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. More Pathways survey matters to you and your communities
The International Olympic Committee polices women and girls and fails them
ILGA World responds to the policy announced today by the International Olympic Committee, which reintroduces sexrefers to the classification of a person as male, female, or other - usually made at birth, written on a birth certificate, and usually based on the appearance of their external anatomy. A personâs sex, however, is actually a combination of bodily characteristics, including chromosomes, hormones, internal and external reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics. More testing and bans trans and intersex women athletes from competing in the female category
The International Olympic Committee has no right to become âgenderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. More police’ of the world, ILGA World, Sport & Rights Alliance, Humans of Sport, and over 70 organisations globally said today
ILGA World condemns killing of Yanar Mohammed as cruel intimidation against those working for freedom and equality
Early on, Yanar Mohammad recognised the common patriarchal root of hatred against women and LGBTI-people, and considered the inclusion of all women and LGBTI communities as fundamental to achieve democracy in Iraq
CSW70: Join ILGA World and partners as we advance gender-equitable justice systems
ILGA World will be at the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women to uplift the voices of lesbian, bisexualadjective used to describe a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of other genders. More, trans, and intersex women, as well as those of our communities at large. Check out the events that we will co-host, and join us there!
