Intersex people face increasing violence & discrimination, according to new EU reporthttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/intersex-people-face-increasing-discrimination-according-to-new-eu-report/ 🔗John Russell (18 Sep 2025)
Intersex people in European Union countries have faced increased violence, harassment, and discrimination in recent years, according to a new report.
On Wednesday, September 17, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released "Being Intersex in the EU." The report is based on data from the agency's 2023 LGBTIQ Survey, which included responses from 1,920 intersex people in the E.U.'s 27 member nations as well as Albania, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
Among its alarming findings, FRA reports that within the year prior to the 2023 survey, 15 percent of intersex respondents said they had been physically or sexually assaulted. One out of every three (34 percent) intersex respondents said they had experienced physical or sexual violence in the five years before the survey, marking a 12 percent increase compared to data from the agency's 2019 survey and a rate three times that of the wider LGBTIQ population.
Harassment and bullying were also up compared to the 2019 survey, with 74 percent of intersex respondents reporting they had experienced hate-motivated harassment in the year prior (up significantly from 42 percent in 2019) and 76 percent saying they were ridiculed, teased, insulted, or threatened at school (compared to 54 percent in 2019).
