Dr Daniela Crocetti
Small Group Project 2027-28
Hate speech, legal invisibility, and intersex lives: A community-based study in Italy
With Marta Prandelli
This community-based project investigates the lived experiences of hate speech among people with Variations of Sex Characteristics (VSC) in Italy. While public debates on gender and sexuality have intensified across Europe, intersex individuals remain largely invisible within legal, political, and scholarly discussions on hate speech and discrimination. Italy currently lacks specific discrimination, hate crime and hate speech legislation explicitly protecting people with VSC, creating a regulatory vacuum that compounds social stigma and institutional neglect.
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Daniela Crocetti is a medical anthropologist and researcher based in Italy whose work focuses on intersex/Variations of Sex Characteristics (VSC), social health movements, reproduction, bodily autonomy, and healthcare. She is an academic ally member of Intersex Esiste Aps, where she works to strengthen the rights and self-determination of intersex people in Italy. Her research combines qualitative and ethnographic methods with participatory approaches with policy analysis, and historical research. She is currently involved in an international research project on intersex and VSC reproductive and family-building experiences, examining how medical, legal, and social systems shape family-building possibilities and decision-making.
Biographical details correct as of 29.09.26