U.S. Includes Intersex People in Bans on Sex Discrimination in Federal Health Care!
On May 13th, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a 362-page rule on the Obamacare/Affordable Care Act’s Section 1557, the provision of the law which bans sex discrimination in health care, which included the statement: “… the prohibition on sex discrimination extends to discrimination on the basis of intersex traits or atypical sex characteristics.” This…
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.
Read MoreLambda Legal Blasts State Dept in Zzyym’s Gender Recognition Lawsuit
Last Intersex Awareness Day, 2015, our Associate Director Dana Zzyym, who uses they/them/their pronouns, and Lambda Legal, the country’s largest, oldest LGBT civil rights organization, announced that they were suing the U.S. Department of State for denying Zzyym a passport that accurately reflects their sex and gender. Today, Lambda Legal staff attorneys urged the U.S. District Court…
Read MoreGreat Piece on Intersex Activism & Activists in the U.K.!
We give thanks & kudos to the author of this fantastic piece in Diva magazine on the intersex movement in the UK, and to all the intersex activists who represented so eloquently on the issue — great job!
Read MoreOur E.D. at Princeton on Race, Sexuality & Gender Intersex-ionalities
Hida Viloria will be presenting he/r Intersex 101 workshop, “Reimagining the Human Species: Intersex People in Society”, and lecture,” Sex is Complicated: Intersexionality and Intersex Human Rights, Identity and Discourse”, today at Princeton. It’s truly incredible to see how far awareness, and discussions about intersex people’s lives has come, and we are honored to be…
Read MoreE.D. Hida Viloria’s Bibliography
Finally, by request, a complete list of our E.D. Hida Viloria’s published works. Enjoy. :) http://hidaviloria.com/about/articles-essays-other-published-work-by-hida-viloria/
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