News Of Note
OII Australia VP Tony Briffa tells story of self discovery
“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…
Read MoreViloria on intersex people & identity politics in The Advocate
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…
Read MoreCouncil of Europe’s statement on intersex people’s need for equal rights!
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…
Read MoreEssay on menstruation while being intersex by Astorino in Autostraddle
“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…
Read MoreNew Year, New Intersex Movement
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…
Read MoreUN Free & Equal Campaign Human Rights Day video features Viloria
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…
Read MoreViloria Speaks on Intersex Human Rights at the UN!
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…
Read MorePublic Statement by the Third International Intersex Forum: The Malta Declaration
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…
Read MoreOII-USA’s Hida Viloria & Claudia Astorino & more on HuffPostLIve
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…
Read MoreOII Australia’s Morgan Carpenter published in ABC’s The Drum regarding groundbreaking Australian Senate’s statement on medical treatment of intersex children
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…
Read MoreAIC’s Anne Tamar-Mattis on concerns with Germany’s third gender law, & AIC’s intersex lawsuit
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…
Read MoreOII-USA’s Viloria published in The Advocate regarding issues with Germany’s third gender law
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…
Read MoreViloria’s “Germany’s Third Gender Law: Not What Intersex People Most Need”, in The Global Herald
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…
Read MoreViloria Interviewed on BBC World Services Radio regarding Germany’s third gender law
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’…
Read MoreGermany’s New Third Gender Law Places Intersex Babies at Risk
[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…
Read MoreOur submission to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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…
Read MoreAustralian Senate Releases Groundbreaking Report on Intersex People
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…
Read MorePlease help spread awareness for Intersex Awareness Day!
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…
Read MoreIntersex Awareness Day event at UC Davis, Oct. 23rd
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!
Read More4th Annual NYC Intersex Awareness Day: Events This Week!
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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