Intersex visibility is urgent and vital. And yet the intersex community is still consistently left out of the LGBTIQA+ conversation. To halt the erasure of the 'I', this workshop invites members of the intersex community to start their own community collection. The collection will showcase the experiences of the community in their own words.
The intersex collection will be founded with an object donated by Valentino Vecchietti (she/they). Valentino is an award-winning intersex equality campaigner, writer, artist, diversity speaker and DE&I policy consultant. In 2019, Valentino founded Intersex Equality Rights UK, working with cultural organizations, businesses and government. In 2021, Valentino created the Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag, increasing intersex visibility, representation and inclusion worldwide. She will share the significance of her object and speak about the impact and necessity of her equality campaign work.
Valentino Vecchietti says: 'Our new Pride flag is a SOGIESC flag which recognises natural diversity in sexual orientation, romantic orientation, and orientations that exist outside of those; as well as natural diversity in gender identity & expression, and natural diversity in sex characteristics. In addition to the intersectionality of the black and brown stripes, introduced by Amber Hikes in 2017. This also recognises those living with HIV, those we have lost to HIV/AIDS and the surrounding stigma, which Daniel Quasar introduced to their version of the pride flag in 2018. Yogyakarta Principles +10 is the SOGIESC international human rights framework'.
Valentino Vecchietti
This event is part of Queer and Now, a festival dedicated to the powerful role of LGBTIQA+ art and culture in the UK.