News Of Note
Support Justice for Shanthi Soundarajan!
Intersex women athletes need our support – please sign the petition for Shanthi Soundarajan! http://thappad.in/petition/shanti/ With the advent of the Olympics in Rio, we have seen a wave of…
Read MoreDana Zzyym’s Intersex Lawsuit in the NY Times!
Our own Dana Zzyym’s groundbreaking lawsuit for legal gender recognition as an intersex person on their passport made the New York Times today, in an article titled, Intersex person Dana…
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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 …
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Video: 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,…
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Lambda 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…
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Our Own Dr. Dani Harris’s Petition for Police Training Reform
The Intersex Campaign for Equality supports all members of the intersex community regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or ability, and we, like many, have been deeply…
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Read Intersex Narratives in New VOICES Issue
We are very pleased to share “Normalizing Interex”, the latest issue of VOICES: Personal Stories from the Pages of NIB. NIB, The Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, published these personal narratives from intersex…
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Happy 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 MoreWatch Award Winning Documentary ONE IN 2000
“One in 2000 shows that truly effective care for intersex people means recognizing that there are many paths to health and happiness and that the real experts on intersex are…
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Inspirational “Thoughtful Tuesdays” message from Dr. Dani Lee Harris
Dr. Dani Lee Harris is a retired police officer, adjunct professor, author, activist and the first openly intersex Grand Marshall of a Pride Parade, in their hometown of Atlanta Georgia.…
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Fantastic Canadian Radio Interview about Intersex People & IGM
“The surgical procedures that are carried out here are often carried out by people who have trained in the United States, they’ve done their residencies, certainly the American Academy of Pediatrics,…
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Chinese Language Video about Intersex Issues in Hong Kong
We are continually impressed by the strength, determination and courage of our intersex activist colleagues abroad, who are educating people about the need for intersex human rights in countries where…
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Love & 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…
Read MoreIntersex-ionality: Why Confronting Racism Matters
Our E.D. Hida Viloria has been lobbying, writing, and speaking about the issues of racism, sexism, and interphobia in sporting regulations against intersex athletes since 2009, when black South Africa…
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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…
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Davis 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…
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!
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We 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…
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Genderqueer 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…
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