Human Rights
Viloria Kicks Off BMCC’s LGBTQIA History Month
The Bureau of ManhattanCommunity College (BMCC) is celebrating LGBTQIA History Month this October, and invited our E.D. Hida Viloria to present the keynote speech to kickoff the celebrations on October 10th. We’re thrilled at the continued inclusion of the intersex community and our issues, and thank everyone a the BMCC for a wonderful event!
Read MoreE.D. Presenting at Columbia’s Center for Gender & Sexuality Law
Intersex Campaign for Equality E.D. Hida Viloria will be presenting “Cultural Delusion and Social Oppression: Why Intersex Inclusion Matters”, a free lunchtime talk at the esteemed Columbia University’s Center for Sexuality and Gender Law. Please join us! Monday, October 9th, 12:10pm Columbia Law School 435 W 116th St, New York, New York 10027
Read MoreIntersex Community Members featured in Washington Post Intersex Movement article!
Our E.D. Hida Viloria and other members of the intersex community are quoted in the article, “The Intersex Rights Movement Is Ready for its Moment,” in today’s Washington Post, which also features beautiful picture of many young community members, which we feel is wonderful for bringing a humanizing lens to the intersex community and our…
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch calls on American Academy of Pediatrics to Stop IGM!
Excellent article from Human Rights Watch calling on the American Academy of Pediatrics, convening this weekend in Chicago, to endorse what we intersex activists have been advocating for decades: a moratorium on medically unnecessary, nonconsensual surgeries on intersex infants and children, also known as Intersex Genital Mutilation, or IGM! “Human Rights Watch and interACT…
Read MoreViloria to give Keynote at Lambda Archives Annual Gala
Our founding director Hida Viloria will be presenting the keynote address at this years Lambda Archives of San Diego Annual Gala: 30 Years of Preserving the Pearls of Our History. Saturday, September 16th, 2017. 6PM-8PM. Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club and Bungalows 2223 El Cajon Blvd San Diego, California We thank the Lambda Archives of San…
Read MoreIntersex Doctor Speaks Out Against IGM in THE NATION!
A decade ago, our E.D. appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show with the author of this excellent piece in The Nation, and we thank Dr. Katharine B Dalke for her continued efforts to end medically unnecessary nonconsensual surgeries on intersex minors, aka Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM). Please share!
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch calls on US to end Intersex Genital Mutilation (VIDEO)
The report, “I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me: Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Children in the US,” was released earier this week, on July 25th. In yesterday’s article, “Rights group calls on US to end surgeries on intersex children,” The Jurist covers the 160-page report, produced by Human Rights Watch and…
Read MoreAssoc Dir Zzyym Speaks Out About Their Landmark Non-binary Lawsuit on ABC News!
Intersex Campaign for Equality’s Dana Zzyym is interviewed on ABC News regarding their landmark lawsuit against the U.S. State Department for a passport with a non-binary gender designation. Go Dana! We are proud to have assisted in this case, and to call Dana our Associate Director. We are also deeply grateful to them,…
Read MoreFormer U.S. Surgeon Generals Call For Moratorium on Medically Unnecessary Intersex Infant Surgeries!
In a stunning victory for intersex advocates, three former United States Surgeon Generals published a paper yesterday, titled “Re-Thinking Genital Surgeries on Intersex Infants,” which calls for a moratorium on performing medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children! The paper’s authors, Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Dr. David Satcher, and Dr. Richard Carmona, the 15th, 16th and 17th…
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