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OII-USA Dana Zzyym’s Lawsuit in Newsday!
This great piece in Newsday accurately describes Dana’s case, points out that some intersex people, unlike Dana, identify as men or women (as we have always made clear), and even features a great pic of Dana and Paul Castillo, the Lambda Legal staff attorney representing Dana in this lawsuit. Big thanks to Newsday for giving…
Read MoreExcellent Coverage in Buzzfeed of Zzyym’s Groundbreaking Lawsuit
“Foreign nationals who have the X marker on their passports are permitted to enter the U.S. and yet we’re denying the same rights to our own citizens,” said Paul Castillo, the Lambda Legal staff attorney handling OII-USA Associate Director Dana Zzyym’s case. “When you are allowing foreign nationals more rights than you do your own…
Read MoreNY Times Covers OII-USA’s Dana Zzyym’s Historic Lawsuit!
“I defended the rights of this country. I believe I should be able to use a few of them.” — Dana Zzyym, Associate Director, OII-USA “It is nearly impossible to end discrimination against a group of people that doesn’t legally exist.” — OII-USA Founder and E.D. Hida Viloria We are deeply grateful and impressed by…
Read MoreDana Zzyym Sues U.S. State Department for the Right to be Legally Recognized as a Non-binary Intersex Person!
*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** Denver, CO, October 26, 2015. Today, Intersex Awareness Day, 2015, Lambda Legal filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the U.S. State Department on behalf of OII-USA Associate Director Dana Zzyym, for Zzyym’s right to have their gender accurately represented as neither male nor female on their passport. Zzyym, a disabled Navy…
Read MoreAlly Minister Dalli on Malta’s groundbreaking GIGESC Bill
This short, fantastically informative piece by Minister Dr. Helena Dalli of Malta, outlines their groundbreaking Gender Identity, Gender Expression, and Sex Characteristics (GIGESC) Bill, the first legislation in the world to criminalize unconsented interventions on intersex infants!!! Minister Dalli, an amazingly humanitarian ally, attended the 3rd International Intersex Forum, held in Malta in 2013, where…
Read MoreOII-USA’s Viloria interviewed in VICE
OII-USA’s Viloria called on the U.S. Gov’t to ban IGM in an interview in VICE on last week’s victory in Malta! Big tx to VICE for giving press attention to this issue in their piece, in which we thank allies Silvan Agius and Ruth Baldacchino for their hard work in passing the groundbreaking, long awaited…
Read MoreWords from Malta, the first nation to ban Intersex Genital Mutilation/IGM!
“I am very proud to be from a country that has from now on the most comprehensive and respectful laws when it comes to the rights of trans and intersex people. No one should be declared mentally ill, undergo forced surgery or [be] forced to go through a divorce, in order to be recognised as…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: Huge Intersex Rights Victory in Europe: Malta bans Intersex Genital Mutilation/IGM!
OII-USA joins OII Europe in applauding this victory for Intersex people’s rights, and gives big thanks to members of the Maltese government, OII Europe, ILGA/ILGA Europe, and all who played a role in achieving it, particularly long term intersex allies Silvan Agius and Ruth Baldacchino! PRESS RELEASE******PRESS RELEASE*****PRESS RELEASE****** OII-Europe applauds Malta’s Gender Identity, Gender…
Read MoreOII-USA/ICE’s Dani L. Harris’s new book gets great review in Houston Style Magazine
OII-USA/ICE’s multi-talented Officer and Professor Dani L. Harris, PhD’s book, Knowledge is Power: What Everyone Should Know About the Police!, got a great review recently in Houston Style Magazine. Congratulations and many thanks to Harris for providing this timely, important resource to the world! Check out Dani’s work and book at their website: DrDaniLeeharris.org.
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