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In 2022, Greece became the fifth country in the world to legally ban Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM). The bill was prepared by the Ministry of Health and the intersex-led organisation "Intersex Greece". Even though the organisation was only established in 2021, it was actively engaged in the whole law-making process, which resulted in a legal text that became a best practice worldwide. This article tracks the history of the intersex movement in Greece and shows that the movement emerged around 2009. Then, based on online interviews, blogs, videos and articles, all strategies and alliances used by the movement over the years to advocate for intersex rights are explored, especially in the year 2017 when the law on Legal Gender Recognition (LGR) was passed and in 2022 when IGM was banned. Furthermore, online public documents from the Greek Parliament are consulted to provide a comprehensive analysis of how the social, cultural, economic, and political environment in the country affected these legal developments. Based on the above evidence, this article shows that the law-making process on IGM in Greece started 13 years before the law and was the outcome of a long process of multiple and unique intersecting factors.

Intersex people are born with sex characteristics that do not fit typical notions of male or female bodies and therefore they are stigmatised, marginalised and denied the recognition of their fundamental rights. Often, they are subjected to involuntary and harmful sex "normalising" surgeries at birth, that violate their bodily integrity, self-determination and informed consent, to fit in societal and legal norms. Then, binary legal frameworks prevent them from enjoying the rights to access identification documents, found a family and to be free from discrimination in all areas including employment and sports. This research identifies intersex rights' violations and analyses intersex people's legal demands as expressed by intersex activists themselves and delivered through statements and reports issued by intersex rights organisations, the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Then, the situation of intersex rights in regional jurisdictions worldwide and within the European Union in particular is examined with the purpose to detect existing legal barriers and suggest how intersex people could be accommodated under legal frameworks and reach sex/gender equality beyond binaries. ; Τα ίντερσεξ άτομα γεννιούνται με χαρακτηριστικά βιολογικού φύλου που δεν ταιριάζουν με τις κρατούσες αντιλήψεις όσον αφορά τα αρσενικά ή θηλυκά σώματα και επομένως στιγματίζονται, περιθωριοποιούνται και στερούνται την αναγνώριση των θεμελιωδών δικαιωμάτων τους. Συχνά υποβάλλονται σε ακούσιες και βλαβερές εγχειρήσεις αλλαγής φύλου κατά τη γέννηση, οι οποίες παραβιάζουν τη σωματική τους ακεραιότητα, την αυτοδιάθεση και την εν επι-γνώσει συναίνεσή τους με σκοπό να ταιριάζουν στους κοινωνικούς και νομικούς κανόνες. Στη συνέχεια, τα δυαδικά νομικά πλαίσια εμποδίζουν την απόλαυση των δικαιωμάτων πρόσβασης σε έγγραφα ταυτοπροσωπίας, της δημιουργίας οικογένειας και της μη διάκρισης σε όλους τους τομείς όπως στην εργασία και στην άθληση. Αυτή η έρευνα εντοπίζει παραβιάσεις δικαιωμάτων μεταξύ των φύλων και αναλύει τα νομικά αιτήματα των ...