LGBTQIA
NY 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 MoreUN creates Intersex Fact Sheet & features Viloria in video!!!
Our deepest thanks and gratitude goes to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for their work to include intersex people in the struggle for human rights, by engaging with intersex activists such as our very own Hida Viloria, to create the fantastic Free & Equal Campaign’s Intersex Fact Sheet,…
Read MoreNew Zealand adopts gender marker for non-binary gendered people!
On Friday July 17th, New Zealand announced that it has adopted a new gender option — called “Gender Diverse” — in addition to the existing “male” and “female” options, for citizens who have non-binary gender identities. We commend the New Zealand government and celebrate this victory for all non-binary people! Indeed, intersex people are subjected…
Read MoreHow Intersex People Identify
By Hida Viloria and Dana Zzyym. Much has been said recently, on the heels of all the media attention on Caitlin Jenner and Rachel Dolezal, about the issue of how people “identify”. Meanwhile, Intersex people have also been getting attention in the media, and an increasing amount of folks are finally aware of the fact…
Read MoreViloria live today on LA radio w/Ian Harvie on the Ann Walker Show
ICE’s Hida Viloria will be interviewed live today on the fabulous Ann Walker Show, co-hosted today by talented trans comedian Ian Harvie, who has starred on the acclaimed television show Transparent, and was interviewed along with Viloria and others in the fantastic new book The Human Agenda. The show runs from 6 – 7:30 p.m.…
Read MoreMalta announces education policy for trans, gender variant & intersex kids!
As if being the first country to criminalize (on April 1st) nonconsensual infant cosmetic surgeries of intersex kids — aka Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM) — wasn’t enough, Malta is now also the first nation to launch a comprehensive education policy on the needs of trans, gender variant and intersex children. We thank and salute Minister…
Read MoreViloria speaking in SF on June 5th for Pride Month :)
Intersex Campaign for Equality E.D. Hida Viloria joins author Joe Wenke and fellow contributors of the new book, The Human Agenda: Conversations about Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity, to share their stories, perspectives and commitment to freedom and equality. Please join for what promises to be a thought provoking, feel good event! See details here: THA SF Pride…
Read MoreUN OHR Report states no intersex child should be subjected to medically unnecessary procedures!
On Human Rights Day, December 10th, 2012, OII-USA Founder and Executive Director Hida Viloria spearheaded the world’s first united call for human rights by intersex advocates, in he/r, “Open Letter: A Call for the Inclusion of Human Rights for Intersex People”, signed by the over thirty international intersex organizations participating at the Second International Intersex Forum…
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