Our E.D. Hida Viloria in Rolling Stone magazine!
We are thrilled to report that our E.D. Hida Viloria was featured in Rolling Stone magazine, in an interview about he/r new memoir Born Both: An Intersex Life, which hit stores last week on March 14th. Viloria discusses issues of gender, racism, non-binary identity, discrimination, love and more. Please enjoy and share widely!
Read MoreE.D. Viloria in The Daily Beast on Intersex Discrimination by the TSA
Our E.D. Hida Viloria discusses how some intersex people are discriminated against by the TSA simply because of the sex characteristics we were born with in he/r latest essay “Fear of Flying–or at Least the TSA–While Intersex.” We thank The Daily Beast for helping to bring attention to the discrimination intersex people face by…
Read MoreIntersex artist Arisleya Dilone Re-evaluates Female Body Norms in Buzzfeed
“If I take out my implants, I wonder if I may set an example for the next generation of girls in my family that breasts do not define our femininity.” — Arisleyda Dilone Doctors perform irreversible medically unnecessary surgeries and other treatments, known as Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM) on intersex babies to make them conform…
Read MoreIntersex Activists Draft Bill SB1342 to Protect Intersex Infants!
Mo Cortez, Koomah, and Interact Advocates for Intersex Youth have done something fantastic: Bill SB 1342! It’s a bill: “Relating to prohibiting nonconsensual genital surgery on certain minors with intersex traits.” See the following from The Houston Intersex Society on how you can get involved. It’s one of the first known Intersex protecting bills ever…
Read MoreOur E.D.’s Intersex Memoir Hits Stores Tomorrow!
In a world that desperately needs to hear intersex stories, we are thrilled that tomorrow, March 14th, our E.D. Hida Viloria’s memoir, Born Both: An Intersex Life, will become the first book by an intersex author to be published by a Big Four publisher! This sends a strong message that people want intersex voices to…
Read MoreGreat interview with intersex activists Sara Kelly Keenan and Georgianne Davis!
“Let’s just be proud of who we are, and let’s invite society to acknowledge that we exist…”– Sara Kelly Keenan The the write up about the radio interview this excellent quote is from got it wrong in stating that Keenan was the one to start the move for legal non-binary gender recognition in the United…
Read MoreGreat Interview on Buddhism and Intersex by Small Luk
“…if the recognition of the third gender can let Intersex people receive more benefits and happiness and reduce distress, Buddhists should take up encouraging these roles and offer an arm of support to them.” From the following interview about Buddhism with Professor Shih 釋昭慧法師, by intersex activist Small Luk, founder of the Chinese intersex advocacy…
Read MoreHappy Women’s Day To And From ALL Women
Intersex women, transwomen, queer women, and lesbians have often been accused of not being real women. Today, as we celebrate International Women’s Day, please don’t forget your marginalized sisters. We are all women, and we are stronger together.
Read MoreMore Americans Receive Non-binary Gender Recognition!
“I hope that more people will feel empowered to challenge the norms, to see that our sexual anatomy is on a spectrum and that gender is really socially constructed.” — David Cameron Strachan As reported by NBC News on Wednesday, February 15th, three more Californians –David Strachan, 69, Char Crawford, 32, and Xin Farrish, 34–…
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