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Amnesty International report: First Do No Harm
EUROPE: FIRST, DO NO HARM: ENSURING THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITH VARIATIONS OF SEX CHARACTERISTICS IN DENMARK AND GERMANY First Do No Harm, by Amnesty International. Published May 9, 2017. This report documents the human rights violations faced by intersex children and adults in Denmark and Germany. https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur01/6086/2017/en/ Every year, children are born with sex…
Read MoreFrom BBC Africa: The Midwife Who Saved Intersex Babies
Having a child is a lifelong job, demanding in even the best case scenarios of economic and social privilege, and adopting a child is something which, sadly, most people–even those in that position of privilege, or that cannot naturally conceive their own child–find so daunting that they won’t do so. Thus we find, “The midwife…
Read MoreNews Coverage of Nevada Bill SB 408, which seeks to ban nonconsensual Intersex Surgeries!
Hurray for Nevada Bill SB 408, which seeks to ban Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM), aka nonconsensual sex reassignment surgeries on intersex babies! Thanks also to activist and scholar Dr. Georgiann Davis, author of the fantastic Contesting Intersex, for speaking out in favor of it on Las Vegas Now News. Boo, however, to the doctors who…
Read MoreSex-Positive = Intersex-Positive in Huffington Post
Our E.D.’s latest essay, “Remember: Sex-Positive = Intersex-Positive,” in Huffington Post Queer Voices, examines the intersectionality of feminism and intersex issues by exploring medical and social views towards clitoral reduction surgeries on intersex baby girls and future women. Enjoy and please share widely to educate about how intersex issues are feminist issues. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sex-positive-intersex-positive_us_58e6d8d7e4b0acd784ca56cd?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003
Read More10 Reasons Why Asking “Is It is a Boy or a Girl?’ Makes Me Cringe
Fantastic intersex affirming piece “10 Reasons Why Asking ‘Is It is a Boy or a Girl?’ Makes Me Cringe,” by intersectional feminist mom and great ally Reaca Pearl. Big thanks to Ms. Pearl for writing and please share widely! https://www.romper.com/p/10-reasons-why-asking-is-it-a-boy-a-girl-makes-me-cringe-48348
Read MoreBoisseau Lobbies for Easily Accessible Non-binary Passports
OII-USA’s New England Director Vickie Boisseau, pictured above with Senator Elizabeth Warren, the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, recently brought the issue of the need for accurate gender recognition of non-binary people to the Senator’s attention. We are strong supporters of everyone’s right to have their gender accurately legally recognized, and thank Boisseau for…
Read MoreOur E.D. Hida Viloria in Rolling Stone magazine!
We are thrilled to report that our E.D. Hida Viloria was featured in Rolling Stone magazine, in an interview about he/r new memoir Born Both: An Intersex Life, which hit stores last week on March 14th. Viloria discusses issues of gender, racism, non-binary identity, discrimination, love and more. Please enjoy and share widely!
Read MoreE.D. Viloria in The Daily Beast on Intersex Discrimination by the TSA
Our E.D. Hida Viloria discusses how some intersex people are discriminated against by the TSA simply because of the sex characteristics we were born with in he/r latest essay “Fear of Flying–or at Least the TSA–While Intersex.” We thank The Daily Beast for helping to bring attention to the discrimination intersex people face by…
Read MoreIntersex artist Arisleya Dilone Re-evaluates Female Body Norms in Buzzfeed
“If I take out my implants, I wonder if I may set an example for the next generation of girls in my family that breasts do not define our femininity.” — Arisleyda Dilone Doctors perform irreversible medically unnecessary surgeries and other treatments, known as Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM) on intersex babies to make them conform…
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