VIMÖ

Founded in 2014, VIMÖ is a non-profit association based in Linz, Austria working on human rights, lgbtq+, health +1 more.

VIMÖ (Verein Intergeschlechtlicher Menschen Österreich) is the Austrian national association of intersex people, founded in 2014 with the aim of improving the quality of life of intersex people in Austria. It works as a self-advocacy organisation, engaging in political advocacy with politicians, health care workers and national and international bodies, including UN treaty bodies. Its main areas of work are political representation, awareness-raising, and peer support and community work. It runs the peer counselling service Var.Ges in Linz and Vienna, offers free school workshops in Upper Austria through Queerfacts, and runs community meetings and theatre and film projects. VIMÖ campaigns against non-consensual medical interventions on intersex children and for legal protection, and it is a member of OII Europe and ILGA Europe. Its Vienna branch, VIMÖ Wien, is a separate registered association that organises community offerings for the intersex community in Vienna. The association is based in Linz, with an office in Vienna.