Nigeria, Oct. 27 -- Intersex Nigeria has called for the inclusion of intersex persons in gender classification, the protection of their human rights and equality, and an end to indiscriminate surgeries performed on intersex newborns.

At the 2025 Intersex Awareness Day held on Sunday in Victoria Island, Lagos State, which also marked the launch of the 'Nigeria Intersex Human Rights Violation Report, Vol. ', the group decried the discrimination faced by intersex persons, stressing that intersex identities have existed since time immemorial and are not a recent phenomenon.

Intersex refers to individuals born with physical sex characteristics, such as chromosomes, hormones, or genitalia, that do not fit typical definitions of male or female...