French intersex memoirist Herculine Barbin was BOTD in 1838, dying by suicide aged 29. Their memoir was republished by #MichelFoucault, inspiring a play by #KateBornstein. Their birthday is now celebrated as Intersex Solidarity Day. #herculinebarbin #bornonthisday #intersexsolidarityday #intersex
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Herculine Adélaïde Barbin was a French intersex person who was assigned female at birth and raised in a convent, but was later reclassified as male.
She is known for her memoir, #HerculineBarbin, which was studied by MichelFoucault. Her birthday is marked as #Intersex Day of Remembrance.
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The history of #intersex people is often murky and obscure
#Foucault, who discovered these memoirs in the archives of the French Department of Public Hygiene, presents them with the graphic medical descriptions of #HerculineBarbin 's body before & after death.
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