Resources and reports

If you are looking for information or support regarding the intersex community, please see the resources below.

These resources are for people with lived experience, those raising children with variations in sex characteristics, and people who want to be intersex allies. Most of this information is created by intersex people or parents of children with variations in sex characteristics to share their personal stories and advice.

For people who have lived experience

These support options are for people who identify as intersex and for people who do not.

• Intersex Aotearoa: Point of contact for peer support for people of all ages.
• Intersex Peer Support Australia, Aotearoa (NZ): Peer support for people in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
• InterLink Psychosocial Service: Australian support service offering group work and counselling. 

For people raising children with variations in sex characteristics

• Resources for supporting intersex children and young people: Useful local and international links for supporting intersex children and young people.
• VSC - a practical guide for parents in Aotearoa New Zealand: Resource produced by a researcher at the University of Otago. 
• Top Tips for Talking: Resource for parents and carers of children with differences of sex development. 

Information for intersex allies

• How to be an intersex ally: A guide for organisations and individuals.

Resources produced by intersex people about intersex experience

• YOUth&I: Anthology of stories about intersex experiences. A series of publications focusing on young people, produced by people with lived experience in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
• Intersex - More Than Four: Brief video of intersex people in Aotearoa talking about their experience.
• My Intersex Self: Brief informational booklet about intersex experience.
• Intersex Aotearoa: Resources suggested by Intersex Aotearoa.