Intersex

For many the world is divided between men and women But what about intersex people who do not fit into either category Since Vincent Guillot as an adult discovered the word that defines him intersexual he has never stopped looking for people like him in an urgent quest to understand himself The German women artist Ins A Kromminga realised that she was different as a teenager Born and raised as a girl her body began to acquire male characteristics in puberty Her eloquent drawings speak of the trauma that is inflicted on intersex people With joyful determination and a great sense of humour the characters in Régine Abadias documentary fight for the emancipation of a minority that is invisible and beaten and bruised by life Their problem medicine which intervenes not only to treat but also to adapt bodies to rigid female or male norms