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News Of Note

OII Australia VP Tony Briffa tells story of self discovery

By Hida | June 8, 2014

“Proud intersex person Tony Briffa tells story of self discovery“, features an interview with OII-Australia Vice President Tony Briffa. Briffa, who made headlines when they became the world’s firt openly…

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Viloria on intersex people & identity politics in The Advocate

By Hida | May 15, 2014

  http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2014/05/14/op-ed-whats-name-intersex-and-identity  This latest essay by OII-USA Director Hida Viloria  — What’s in a Name: Intersex and Idenity – examines the history of the LGBTI community being pathologized, and how intersex people…

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Council of Europe’s statement on intersex people’s need for equal rights!

By Hida | May 9, 2014

In recognition of the upcoming International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17th, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights has released the statement, A boy or a…

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Essay on menstruation while being intersex by Astorino in Autostraddle

By Hida | April 22, 2014

“Lessons Learned From Menstruation Pop Quizzes While Being Intersex” is an insightful and often hysterical account of  Claudia’s experience around menstruation as an AIS intersex woman who doesn’t menstruate.  I…

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New Year, New Intersex Movement

By Hida | February 10, 2014

Okay, so it’s not “new” in that it wasn’t written recently, but it’s still a new outlook within the intersex community/movement. We are not just our bodies, and it’s time…

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UN Free & Equal Campaign Human Rights Day video features Viloria

By admin author | December 18, 2013

We’re happy to see OII-USA Director Hida Viloria quoted in this article announcing the UN Free & Equal campaign’s video of the groundbreaking panel Sports Comes Out Against Homophobia. “It’s…

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Viloria Speaks on Intersex Human Rights at the UN!

By admin author | December 11, 2013

On Human Rights Day (December 10th), OII Chairperson and OII-USA founding director Hida Viloria spoke at the United Nations, making her the first openly intersex person to do so. Viloria’s…

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Public Statement by the Third International Intersex Forum: The Malta Declaration

By admin author | December 3, 2013

Between November 29th and December 1st 2013, the Third International Intersex Forum, supported by ILGA and ILGA-Europe, took place in Valletta, Malta. This event brought together 34 activists representing 30…

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OII-USA’s Hida Viloria & Claudia Astorino & more on HuffPostLIve

By Hida | November 22, 2013

OII-USA Director Hida Viloria, & Associate Director Claudia Astorino spoke with HuffPostLive today about who intersex people are, Germany’s third gender law, and human rights for intersex people. We were…

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OII Australia’s Morgan Carpenter published in ABC’s The Drum regarding groundbreaking Australian Senate’s statement on medical treatment of intersex children

By Hida | November 15, 2013

OII Australia President Morgan Carpenter’s essay, “It’s Time to Defend Intersex Rights”, explores why “normalizing” surgeries on intersex babies and children must end, and the recent Australian Senate report “Involuntary…

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AIC’s Anne Tamar-Mattis on concerns with Germany’s third gender law, & AIC’s intersex lawsuit

By Hida | November 15, 2013

Anne Tamar-Mattis, Executive Director of Advocates for Informed Choice (AIC), a US intersex advocacy organization focusing on legal issues for intersex children, was interviewed on Berkeley California’s KPFA radio regarding…

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OII-USA’s Viloria published in The Advocate regarding issues with Germany’s third gender law

By Hida | November 6, 2013

OII-USA Director Hida Viloria’s essay, “Germany’s Third Gender Law Fails on Equality”, discusses how this new law gives intersex babies less equal rights, how Australia’s law only applies to intersex…

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Viloria’s “Germany’s Third Gender Law: Not What Intersex People Most Need”, in The Global Herald

By Hida | November 4, 2013

Please read OII-USA Director Hida Viloria’s essay “Germany’s Third Gender Law: Not What Intersex People Most Need” for the facts about the new law, and why members of OII Germany…

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Viloria Interviewed on BBC World Services Radio regarding Germany’s third gender law

By Hida | November 3, 2013

OII-USA Director Hida Viloria speaks about Germany’s new third gender law and why it doesn’t go far enough in attaining human rights for intersex people, on the BBC World Services’…

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Germany’s New Third Gender Law Places Intersex Babies at Risk

By Hida | November 1, 2013

[We would like to note a correction to this original post: some intersex advocates were consulted in the creation of this new law, but their concerns were not addressed by…

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Our submission to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

By Hida | October 29, 2013

We thank the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their inclusion of  intersex people in their Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on the Health and Health…

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Australian Senate Releases Groundbreaking Report on Intersex People

By Hida | October 28, 2013

We are very grateful to OII Australia for their work on getting this report published. Statement on the Senate report ‘Involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people in Australia’ By Morgan on 29…

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Please help spread awareness for Intersex Awareness Day!

By Hida | October 26, 2013

Happy Intersex Awareness Day everyone! There’s no better way to celebrate awareness than by actually helping spread it, so today, we’re asking folks to celebrate by sharing one of our…

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Intersex Awareness Day event at UC Davis, Oct. 23rd

By Hida | October 22, 2013

OII-USA Director Hida Viloria will be talking about human rights for intersex people at UC Davis’s LGBTQIA Pride Week.  Yay for acceptance & awareness!      

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4th Annual NYC Intersex Awareness Day: Events This Week!

By Hida | October 21, 2013

Hi, everyone!  With Intersex Awareness Day (Oct 26th) right around the corner, we’ve got two fantastic events in NYC this year to raise awareness about what intersex is, why intersex…

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