News Of Note
France recognizes non-binary intersex people!
We celebrate this FANASTIC news for intersex people everywhere!!! http://www.france24.com/en/20151014-french-court-recognises-third-neutral-gender-first-time
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Viloria published in Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics
OII-USA E.D. Hida Viloria’s essay, “Promoting Health and Social Progress by Accepting and Depathologizing Benign Intersex Traits”, has been published in the Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics fall issue, which features…
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UN creates Intersex Fact Sheet & features Viloria in video!!!
Our deepest thanks and gratitude goes to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for their work to include intersex people in the struggle for…
Read MoreTell Oxford to stop calling intersex people abnormal!
The Oxford Dictionary has been making strides accepting people that fall outside statistical “norms”, such as Trans and Genderqueer people, and we have celebrated this progress. However, it still defines…
Read MoreBuzzfeed article questions nonconsensual surgeries
This article provides in depth coverage of the groundbreaking South Carolina lawsuit by the Crawfords, parents of M.C., an intersex boy, against the doctors who operated on him. Great quotes…
Read MoreU.S. finally begins to acknowledge “Intersex Genital Mutilation”!
We are very pleased and excited to see this recent piece titled, “Infant Intersex Surgery: Genital Mutilation in the U.S.?“, in Law Street Media! OII-USA, along with other advocates, has…
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Victory for Dutee Chand and intersex female athletes!!!
Early today, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled to allow Indian athlete Dutee Chand the right to compete as a woman, since being banned last July under sports…
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New Zealand adopts gender marker for non-binary gendered people!
On Friday July 17th, New Zealand announced that it has adopted a new gender option — called “Gender Diverse” — in addition to the existing “male” and “female” options, for…
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Watch Outstanding New Zealand Documentary INTERSEXION
If you haven’t caught it yet, the New Zealand intersex documentary Intersexion (Ponsby Films, 2012) is a must see, and is now available online on You Tube! It speaks with a diverse…
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How Intersex People Identify
By Hida Viloria and Dana Zzyym. Much has been said recently, on the heels of all the media attention on Caitlin Jenner and Rachel Dolezal, about the issue of how…
Read MoreViloria live today on LA radio w/Ian Harvie on the Ann Walker Show
ICE’s Hida Viloria will be interviewed live today on the fabulous Ann Walker Show, co-hosted today by talented trans comedian Ian Harvie, who has starred on the acclaimed television show…
Read MoreMalta announces education policy for trans, gender variant & intersex kids!
As if being the first country to criminalize (on April 1st) nonconsensual infant cosmetic surgeries of intersex kids — aka Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM) — wasn’t enough, Malta is now…
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World Health Organization: Sexual Health, Human Rights and the Law
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a report titled, Sexual Health, Human Rights and the Law, which examines medically unnecessary medical surgeries on intersex children, a.k.a. Intersex Genital Mutilation…
Read MoreViloria speaking in SF on June 5th for Pride Month :)
Intersex Campaign for Equality E.D. Hida Viloria joins author Joe Wenke and fellow contributors of the new book, The Human Agenda: Conversations about Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity, to share their stories,…
Read MoreUN OHR Report states no intersex child should be subjected to medically unnecessary procedures!
On Human Rights Day, December 10th, 2012, OII-USA Founder and Executive Director Hida Viloria spearheaded the world’s first united call for human rights by intersex advocates, in he/r, “Open Letter: A…
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UN Report Calls for Ban on Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Infants and Minors!
On June 1, 2015, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report on human rights violations against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. The report,…
Read MoreOxford Dictionary to add honorific “Mx.” to recognize non-binary gendered people!
According to a recent article in Cosmo, the next edition of the Oxford dictionary may include the honorific term “Mx.” for people who don’t identify as Mr, Miss, Mrs or…
Read MoreViloria presenting May 1st at BirthKeeper Summit
Hida VIoria will be jointly presenting, “Protecting Genital Autonomy and Children’s Rights”, with Marilyn Milos (Executive Director at NOCIRC), J. Steven Svoboda (Executive Director at ARC), and Soraya Miré (Executive…
Read MoreAlly Minister Dalli on Malta’s groundbreaking GIGESC Bill
This short, fantastically informative piece by Minister Dr. Helena Dalli of Malta, outlines their groundbreaking Gender Identity, Gender Expression, and Sex Characteristics (GIGESC) Bill, the first legislation in the world…
Read MoreJoin Call for U.S. Ban on Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM)!
Ask Your Congressional Representatives for Intersex Rights!
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