Hida Viloria is interviewed in the fantastic new book The Human Agenda: Conversations about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (February 5, 2015), by author and LGBTQI advocate Joe Wenke. I speak about the harmful “normalizing” non-consensual medical practices – a.k.a. Intersex Genital Mutiltion (IGM) – that intersex minors are often subjected to, the dangers of…
Read MoreStanford grad Will Gutierrez comes out as intersex on Facebook
Stanford grad Will Gutierrez speaks about reclaiming the word “hermaphrodite”, and coming out as intersex, in an eloquent essay on Facebook. Kudos to Will for sharing his pride!
Read MoreO.I.T.N.B. star Ruby Rose on being genderfluid in People
Australian model and actor Ruby Rose came out as genderfluid in the summer of 2014, and discusses it now in People magazine, in conjunction with announcements that they will be starring in Season 3 of the popular television series Orange is the New Black. Kudos to Rose for proudly promoting visibility for non-binary people!
Read MoreAstorino in The Guardian on the Michael Phelps intersex lover “scandal”
OII-USA Associate Director Claudia Astorino explores the recent “Michael Phelp’s intersex lover” scandal in her fantastic essay, “The real Michael Phelps ‘scandal’ is the offensive portrayal of intersex people”http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/23/michael-phelps-scandal-portrayal-intersex-people
Read MoreVICE Interviews Emily Quinn on coming out as intersex
In, “I’m Intersex and My Body Works Just Fine, Thank You”, VICE’s Hannah Hanra interviews Emily Quinn of InterAct (a U.S. intersex youth organization) on her decision to come out as intersex, and what it was like consulting MTV on TV’s first intersex character, on their series Faking It. http://www.vice.com/read/im-intersex-and-my-body-works-wonderfully
Read MoreOII-USA to host 5th Annual Intersex Awareness Day events in NYC
This year OII-USA is co-hosting two events in New York City — one with Bluestockings and one with NYU — for Intersex Awareness Day. Presenters will include Associate Director Claudia Astorino, founder of NYC’s IAD events, Dalea Rundblad, and Director Hida Viloria. See details here.
Read MoreViloria on LA’s KPFK Radio
A very personal interview with OII’s Hida Viloria on KPFK in LA’s “Feel, Think, and Grow Show”, with fantastic hosts Mikhail Tank and Layla Ashley. http://hidaviloria.com/interview-on-las-kpfk-radio/ Interview on LA’s KPFK Radio
Read MoreViloria on discrimination against intersex women athletes in The Advocate
We’re thrilled to to have this essay by our E.D. Hida Viloria run in The Advocate, although we note they changed the original title – “Bullying By Any Other Name: What’s Really Behind Regulations for Women with High Testosterone” – to, “Stop Freaking Out About Female Intersex Athletes”. The essay elaborates on the issue…
Read MorePlease sign petition to treat intersex athletes fairly!
Intersex women with high levels of testosterone are being singled out by case-by-case-upon-suspicion sports policies that ban them from competing as women unless they undergo medically unnecessary normalizing procedures, although but the policymakers’ own admission, “…there is no clear scientific evidence proving that a high level of T is a significant determinant of performance in…
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