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Our Own Dana Zzyym’s Lawsuit in the LA Times
See the LA Times coverage of our Associate Director Dana Zzyym’s groundbreaking lawsuit for non-binary gender recognition on their passport. Go Dana and intersex visibility, rights and recognition! #intersexequality
Read MoreVideo: Dana Zzyym’s Groundbreaking Third Gender Recognition Passport Lawsuit!
Our Associate Director Dana Zzyym is engaged in a historic federal lawsuit for a third gender passport, filed on Intersex Awareness Day 2015, against the U.S. State Department. Lambda Legal, Dana’s representatives in the lawsuit, argued Dana’s case in court today. In conjunction, Lambda Legal released this fantastic one minute video about the lawsuit, featuring…
Read MoreLambda Legal Says: State Dept Got it Wrong, Intersex Citizen Dana Zzyym Deserves a Non-Binary Passport!
*** For Immediate Release, from Lambda Legal *** State Sept Got It Wrong in Denying Passport to Intersex Citizen, Lambda Legal Tells Court “Dana was denied a passport, an essential identity document, and in effect is under nationwide house arrest just for being honest…. This country is better than that.” (Denver, CO, July 20, 2016) – Lambda Legal…
Read MoreHappy LGBTQIA Pride Everyone!
Happy Pride everyone! Stay safe, stay strong, and most of all, stay proud of the brilliance & beauty of who you are. :)
Read MoreLove & Prayers to All in Orlando & Beyond
OII-USA, aka the Intersex Campaign for Equality, sends our love and prayers to the friends, families and loved ones of the innocent victims of the #PulseOrlando nightclub shooting. We acknowledge that this tragedy was not just an act of terror, as certain factions of the American press are portraying it, but a hate crime against…
Read MoreDavis on Deconstructing Intersex & Trans Medicalization Practices
Congratulations to Georgiann Davis for another fantastic publication (If you haven’t checked out Contesting Intersex yet, you must). We look forward to reading, “Deconstructing Intersex & Trans Medicalization Practices” (co-authored with Jodie Dewey and Erin Murphy), now out in Gender & Society, and thank and applaud Dr. Davis for being a dedicated advocate and a critical, intelligent intersex…
Read MoreThoughts on IDAHO-T by our E.D.
A short essay from our E.D. Hida Viloria on IDAHO-T, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. Enjoy!
Read MoreWe Celebrate IDAHO-T w/Fantastic New UN Video!
We would like to wish all our comrades in the LGBTQIA community a very happy IDAHO-T Day (Int’l Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia). Whether we grow up to be LGBT or not, all intersex people are vulnerable to homophobia, transphobia and biphobia if our differences are detected at birth or in childhood, because the…
Read MoreGenderqueer Intersex Activist Running for Office in India!
We congratulate and thank Gopi Shankar for zis brave, wonderful work representing intersex and genderqueer/non-binary people in India, and will be watching and rooting for zim! Read Gopi’s interview here: http://newstodaynet.com/tamil-nadu/ze-wants-bring-about-change-society.
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