Administration
Indya Moore Calls Out Lurie Children’s Hospital for Performing Surgeries on Intersex Babies!
As reported in PinkNews, Indya Moore, Angelica Ross and Gabrielle Union have lent their voices to a petition calling for an end to intersex surgeries at a Chicago children’s hospital. The petition, which calls for Lurie Childen’s Hospital to stop performing medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex infants and minors, was started by our colleagues at…
Read MoreAn Intersex Affirming Biology Textbook is Finally Available!
For centuries and to this day, intersex people and sex characteristics have been portrayed and described negatively within Western medical and scientific discourse, with words such as, “deficient,” “defective” “deformed,” “abnormal,” or “disorder.” As just one of thousands of examples, just last year, a piece in the LA Times, while generally supportive of intersex people,…
Read MoreLambda Legal Urges Tenth Circuit to Uphold Ruling in Favor of Intersex Vet Seeking Accurate Passport
By Lambda Legal JANUARY 22, 2020 Lambda Legal today appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to urge the court to uphold a district court ruling that the State Department cannot rely on its male-or-female-only gender policy to withhold a U.S. passport from Dana Zzyym, a U.S. Navy veteran who is…
Read MoreDid politics & money meddle with the passage of SB 201? (Photo)
The Los Angeles Blade’s excellent coverage yesterday on the lack of passage of SB 201, which would have banned medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex infants and young minors, featured an interesting photo, seen below: The photo verifies reports earlier this week that just three days before the California Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee…
Read MoreCA Fails to Pass Bill Banning Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Infants
We regret to share that today, California Senate Bill 201 (SB201), would have banned medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex infants and minors until the age of six, failed to garner enough votes to pass. As reported in the Associated Press, “…a majority of state lawmakers on a key legislative committee thought the bill’s definition of…
Read MoreCA Senator Introduces Bill to Ban Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Infants!
On January 31st, California Senator Scott Weiner (Dem. San Francisco) introduced legislation to prohibit medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex babies–what intersex activists have all been fighting for! Since the start of the intersex movement over two decades ago, our main objective has been to put a stop to the harmful, irreversible practice of subjecting intersex…
Read MoreJudge Rules In Assoc. Dir. Dana Zzyym’s Favor for Nonbinary Passport!
Earlier today, a district court judge ruled in support of our Associate Director Dana Zzyym’s lawsuit for a passport that accurately reflects their sex as neither male nor female and we couldn’t be happier! As stated in the ruling: “I find that the Department failed to show that its decision-making process regarding the policy was…
Read MoreNew York City Soon to Allow Gender Neutral X on Birth Certificates!
As reported in The Daily Beast, New York City will soon allow non-binary people to amend birth certificates to a gender neutral “X.” New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced the landmark proposal, Introduction 954-A, back on June 4th in honor of pride month. It was cleared by…
Read MoreCALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: Support Intersex Rights Today, Powerfully and Easily
The U.S. intersex movement was birthed in the mid-90’s, when a a handful of pioneers including our E.D. began speaking out publicly in order to end medically unnecessary nonconsensual surgeries on intersex infants and children. Now, the Fight For Intersex Bodily Autonomy in California is revving up and needs your support. Please email the California…
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