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Violence against intersex people in EU 'alarming': rights agency

Several dozens of people protest with rainbow flags outside the Hungarian embassy in Oslo against the ban of Pride parades in Hungary, on March 28, 2025. [AFP]

Intersex people are increasingly facing violence and harassment, the EU rights agency said on Wednesday, adding levels were "alarming" as disinformation "campaigns" target them.

The EU's rights agency (FRA) published its second report following an online survey of 1,920 intersex people in 30 EU and Western Balkan countries in 2023.

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