"I was born intersex. I was born with ambiguous genitalia, and for a very long time in my life I was extremely ashamed…"

"I really struggled to get clarity from my parents about who I am and, you know, ‘where I come from."

"I became so abused by the doctors to a point whereby even when I got sick, and I was seriously sick, I could not go t…"

"Because people who did, they’re going through a very hard time at the moment because the surgeries have got very nega…"

"I never wanted to become an activist, all I ever wanted was to reach out and support people that had similar experien…"

"This led me to joining NGOs that claimed to support intersex people, I don’t remember many intersex people being supp…"

"Access to healthcare is still difficult for the average South African, access to healthcare for an intersex person is…"

"My work as an activist also involves a lot of media visibility, and it is not easy being visible. The first time I ap…"

"It is hard to talk about intersex activism in South Africa and not mention the ground breaking work of Sally Gross, a…"

"I am so pleased I never had surgery. The people I met, most of them, black and white, who have had surgery as babies,…"