Posts by Hida
Petition on ending intersex female genital cutting in the US
We invite readers to sign this petition by Advocates for an Informed Choice in the US: Dear Secretary Clinton & Ambassador Verveer, February 6, 2013 marks the tenth annual International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). Cosmetic genital surgery is a practice of cutting girls so that they can fit cultural norms,…
Read MoreKatrina Karkazis and Rebecca Jordan-Young on Olympic sex testing
An important podcast by Stanford School of Medicine: Olympic athletes potentially face new sex verification policies following the controversial investigation of South African runner Caster Semenya, who was tested repeatedly to prove she was female. Stanford medical anthropologist Katrina Karkazis, PhD, and Rebecca Jordan-Young, PhD, a sociomedical scientist at Barnard College, challenge the proposed policies…
Read More“Out of Bounds? A Critique of the New Policies on Hyperandrogenism in Elite Female Athletes”
Katrina Karkazis, Rebecca Jordan-Young, Georgiann Davis and Silva Comporesi write in The American Journal of Bioethics on new IAAF/IOC policies on hyperandrogenism in female athletes: In May 2011, more than a decade after the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) abandoned sex testing, they devised new policies in response…
Read MoreOII Australa/OII NZ release submission on DSM-5 and SOC-7
OII Australia, together with OII Aotearoa/NZ, has recently released a submission [PDF] to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), regarding the draft Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition. Submission short url: http://tinyurl.com/bud47jq The APA is the body that, until 1973, classified homosexuality as a mental disorder. The APA currently regards gender non-conformity to…
Read MoreOrchids: My Intersex Adventure premieres on Showtime
We HIGHLY recommend Orchids: My Intersex Adventure, the award winning documentary by Australian intersex filmmaker Phoebe Hart. Catch it tonight on Showtime! http://www.afterellen.com/tv/101595-orchids-my-intersex-adventure-airs-tonight-on-showtime
Read MoreWatch Trailer for intersex documentary Intersexion (2012)
Intersexion is an award-winning New Zealand documentary by Cannes Film Festival award winning director Grant LaHood (2012). It is narrated by New Zealand first “out” intersex person, activist Mani Mitchell, who consulted LaHood on the documentary, and features OII intersex American activists Hida Viloria, Dani Lee Harris, and Jim Costich, former OII Australia President Gina…
Read MoreDr Cary Gabriel Costello on intersex being common, not “incredibly rare”
INTERSEX academic Dr Cary Gabriel Costello considers the most bandied-about figures for the prevalence of intersex people in the human population and shows why these figures are gross underestimations of reality.
Read MoreMarch 7 2012 was an historic day for LGBT people at the United Nations Human Rights Council – now we need full and equal intersex inclusion
WE had hoped to comment on the proceedings of Wednesday March 7, 2012 a little sooner than now. We have been attempting to obtain a full transcript of the proceedings at the United Nations Human Rights Council discussion titled Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity but one was not forthcoming. Instead, ILGA – the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans…
Read MoreWe thank Anne Tamar-Mattis of Advocates for Informed Choice – AIC – for her intersex advocacy
LEGAL advocate for intersex people Anne Tamar-Mattis of Advocates for Informed Choice – AIC has further contributed to public education about intersex people in a recent, at-length and in-depth interview with San Francisco Bay Area radio station KPFA. The program – now available as a downloadable MP3 file – was broadcast on the Against the Grain program on Monday, March 5, 2012. Remember…
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