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IAAF targeting of Caster Semenya covered in The Guardian
We have always been fans of and supported Sougth African track star Caster Semenya, and thank The Guardian for this piece, “Caster Semenya the obvious target in IAAF changes that only create a legal minefield.”
Read MoreCelebrating Black History Month: Nthabiseng Mokoena
Nthabiseng Mokoena is a prominent South African intersex activist whose strength and courage as one of the very first (if not the very first) black South Africans to advocate publicly for intersex rights we celebrate today. Mokoena was born wth ambiguous genitalia in rural South Africa, where many people believe that children born intersex are…
Read MoreCelebrating Black History Month: Sean Saifa Wall
In honor of Black History Month, we celebrate African-American artist and activist Sean Saifa Wall, whose groundbreaking work we have featured here in the past. Wall is a well-published speaker, researcher, and long-time intersex human rights activist whose intersectional perspective and voice as a queer intersex person of color is much needed and appreciated! In…
Read MoreZzyym’s Non-Binary Passport Lawsuit in The Daily Beast
“If a pending Lambda Legal lawsuit against the U.S. State Department gets resolved in favor of an intersex person named Dana Zzym, then we could start seeing non-binary gender markers on U.S. passports in the future as well. For transgender people who do identify as male or female, passport gender marker changes have been a…
Read MoreArtlyst covers amazing hunger strike for Intersex recognition by artist Ela Xora
As we often say, Intersex people have existed since the dawn of humanity. Ancient art reflects this, but much of it has been purposefully hidden and continues to be. As reported in Artlyst magazine, UK based artist Ela Xora is fighting to put an end to this. Xora, an acclaimed trans artist and intersex ally,…
Read MoreIntersex inclusion in “What’s the Difference b/w Sex & Gender?”
Our E.D. Hida Viloria is quoted today in the Refinery29 article, “What’s the Difference between Sex & Gender?“. “Essentially, gender doesn’t boil down to our sex parts for anyone,” Viloria says. “We’re born with certain bodies, but they don’t even matter until we start having a perception of who we are.” As s/he mentions in…
Read MoreFirst Openly Intersex American Elected to Public Office!
Earlier this week, Betsey Driver became the first openly intersex American to be elected to public office in a beautiful win for not just for her, but for all intersex people! Driver, who founded the online intersex support group Bodies Like Ours in 2001, was elected to the city council of the Borough of Flemington,…
Read MoreNew Podcast Intersex Gets Legit, with Sara Kelly Keenan!
It’s up! We are so happy to announce our new podcast Intersex Gets Legit, featuring a conversation (39 minutes) between intersex activist and third gender recognition pioneer Sara Kelly Keenan and our founding director Hida Viloria. “At a time when things look dark federally, wonderful flowers are blooming in the progressive states, and the germination…
Read MoreNew Mission and Independent Status for IC4E as Viloria resigns from post as OII Chair
As announced here on our old website www.oii-usa.org, the Intersex Campaign for Equality (IC4E) is no longer the United States affiliate of the Organisation Intersex International (OII), known as OII-USA. The change comes as our founding director Hida Viloria resigns today from he/r position as Chair of OII, after six fruitful years. We are excited…
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