Administration
OII Australia Testifies on Involuntary Sterilization Before the Australian Senate!
This is AMAZINGLY groundbreaking, intelligent, and comprehensive testimony regarding involuntary sterilization of intersex infants is available for your reading pleasure. We cannot thank or congratulate OII Australia’s Gina Wilson, Morgan Carpenter and Tony Briffa enough — as well as the other presenters Y. Gavriel Ansara, Bonnie Hart, and Sandra Perrin — for their brilliant testomony…
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 MoreOn the prevalence of intersex and the various numbers quoted for it
PROFESSOR Peter Koopman has been cited by several news articles as a source for the number of intersex births being around 4% of all live births. Professor Koopman has assured us that he cannot verify such a figure and has made the following statement “Given the difficulties in ascertaining what is and what is not…
Read MoreImportant LGBTQ online survey for California residents is intersex inclusive (though not by virtue of its acronym)
THE LGBTQ Reducing Disparities Project has an online survey running until January 18, 2012. The survey is open only to residents of California, whether they are located in that state at the time of filling in the survey or not. A note to the LGBTQ Reducing Disparities Project administrators: We suggest to the survey organizers that…
Read MoreOfficer Dani Lee Harris becomes first intersex person to lead Pride parade
Officer Dani Lee Harris, the LGBT liaison for the Atlanta Police Department, became the first openly intersex person to lead a Pride Parade, in 2009, as Grand Marshall of Atlanta’s Pride parade. “It’s really a privilege and honor being the first intersex grand marshal,” Harris said in an interview. “I’m pleased and humbled…”, Harris said.…
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