From the Margins to the Mainstream: Using Storytelling and Sports to Drive Intersex Inclusion in Nigeria’s Slum Communities”

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From Margin to Mainstream highlights how the Think Positive Live Positive Support Initiative (TPLP) is transforming intersex visibility and inclusion in Nigerian slum communities through creative communication particularly storytelling and sports. Intersex persons in these spaces often live in silence, excluded from education, health, and community life due to stigma and misinformation. To challenge this, the project uses participatory sports events, digital storytelling, and art-based dialogue to engage slum youths, families, and community leaders in open conversations about identity, equality, and human rights.

Turning community sports grounds and storytelling circles into safe spaces for expression and learning, the initiative reframes intersex narratives from shame and invisibility to pride and belonging. The session will explore how these grassroots approaches promote empathy, reshape harmful gender norms, and create pathways for intersex leadership within local development efforts.

Through lived experiences and real community examples, this presentation demonstrates how inclusive storytelling and sports can drive behavioural and social change where formal advocacy often struggles. It underscores the importance of communication for equity  using local voices, creativity, and collective participation to move intersex inclusion from the margins to the mainstream of public discourse and policy conversations in Nigeria.