Non-binary / Gender
PBS Covers Zzyym’s Landmark Federal Ruling
Fantastic piece by PBS about last week’s fantastic news about the ruling in our own Dana Zzyym’s landmark lawsuit.
Read MoreVictory for Intersex Plaintiff Dana Zzyym & All Non-Binary People!
Earlier today, Lambda Legal–who are representing our Associate Director Dana Zzyym in their historic U.S. lawsuit for accurate gender recognition on their passport–issued an update in the case titled, “Victory for Intersex Plaintiff”. From the press release: “Lambda Legal is urging the State Department to issue accurate passports for non-binary people! This comes after a…
Read MoreE.D. Hida Viloria on UN Radio’s Gender Focus
Our ED speaks about growing up as an intact intersex person, identifying as gender fluid, and how s/he thinks parents of intersex babies should treat them in this short interview segment UN Radio’s UN Gender Focus. Hida’s segment starts 3:16 minutes in, after an educational intro. by Charles Radcliffe, head of the UN Free &…
Read MoreViloria quoted in “Intersex ED at the UN”
Our E.D. Hida Viloria is quoted in the fantastic essay, “Intersex ED at the UN,” in The Huffington Post, by ally extraordinaire Charles Radcliffe, of the UN Human Rights Office. The article also links to the UN Free & Equal Campaign’s beautiful new “Intersex Awareness” video, which features a heartwarming scenario of the birth of…
Read More“The Right to Legally Exist”: IAD 2016 Presentation
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 12:10 pm – 1:15 pm Jerome Greene Hall – Room 646 Columbia Law School 435 W 116th St, New York, New York 10027 The Intersex Campaign for Equality (aka OII-USA) and The Center for Gender and Sexuality Law are pleased to present: “The Right to Legally Exist: An IAD Talk with…
Read MoreOUT FRONT to Honor Zzyym as Power Award Winner!
Great cover story about our own Dana Zzyym. Dana was selected as one of the LGBTQIA activists to be honored on October 15th at OUT FRONT’s 2016 Power Gala Awards. The event will be held at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel’s grand ballroom, in conjunction with the Denver Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, and…
Read MoreIntersex Californian becomes 2nd US citizen to attain nonbinary gender recognition!
Yesterday, in a Santa Cruz California courtroom, Sara Kelly Keenan became the second U.S. citizen—and the first California resident—to legally change her gender from female to “non-binary.” Keenan, a retired paralegal, was inspired to petition the court for a gender change to “nonbinary” by Jamie Shupe’s similar victory in Oregon this past June. We…
Read MoreElizabeth Reis’s excellent piece on pronouns in the NYT
In the essay “Pronoun Privilege,” published in Sunday’s New York Times, fantastic scholar and intersex ally Dr. Elizabeth Reis takes a look at the issues involved, from a professor’s perspective, with making people disclose their preferred pronouns to a group of strangers. Reis — who some of you may remember published the essay, “Divergence or disorder?: the politics…
Read MoreTeen Vogue Discusses Heteronormativity’s Negative Impact on Interex People
Great Teen Vogue article, “Why Heteronormativity is A Bad Thing”, discusses the negative ways in which heteronormativity impacts intersex people and promotes Intersex Genital Mutilation/IGM (aka nonconsensual “normalizing” surgeries). Please enjoy and share this educational, intersexionality exploring piece.
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