INTERSEX ACTIVISM IN CROATIA - E.(25) CASE STUDY

Ovaj je rad rezultat biografskog istraživanja hrvatskog interspolnog aktivista E.(25). Istražuje diskurse o interspolnosti te mehanizme koji stigmatiziraju ili osnažuju interspolne osobe. Studija slučaja E.(25) pokazuje kako medicinski diskurs može djelovati na interspolnu osobu. Tajnost o interspolnom stanju uzrokuje osjećaj srama i straha od neprihvaćanja, a otkrivanje istine ih briše. Interspolna zajednica u ovom procesu igra najveću ulogu. Osoba koja je tiha i ne zamišlja se kao aktivista uz podršku zajednice može postati aktivist koji iz temelja gradi interspolnu zajednicu u Hrvatskoj. Razvoj identiteta ovog aktivista centralno je tema u ovom radu.This thesis is the result of a biographical research of the Croatian intersex activist E.(25). It explores intersex discourses and the mechanisms that stigmatize or empower intersex persons. The E.(25) case study shows how the medical discourse can affect an intersex person. The secrecy with regard to someone’s intersex traits causes feelings of shame and fear of rejection, whereas the unveiling of the truth erases them. The intersex community plays the main role in this process. A quiet person, one that cannot imagine oneself as an activist, can with the help of community transform into an activist that is building the Croatian intersex community from the ground up. The central theme of this thesis is the development of this activist’s identity