Description
How do patriarchal systems impact LGBTQI+ bodies?
For many LGBTQI+ people, bodily integrity remains a distant reality. Forced childhood surgeries, conversion therapy, 'corrective' rape, forced medication, and honor-based violence are just some of the violences they endure. Systemic denial also takes the form of inaccessible gender-affirming care, exclusion from sports, or reproductive services withheld without male consent.
This session exposes these enormous barriers and explores powerful, community-driven solutions to reclaim bodily autonomy and resist systemic attacks. With speakers representing intersex, transgender, and LBQ+ Activists from around the world, they unite in their fight to secure bodily autonomy for all.
Obioma Chukwuike
Kimberly Zieselman
Ms Rituparna Borah