News Of Note
OII-USA’s Viloria in Oxford U Press college textbook!
We are thrilled to report that OII-USA/ICE Executive Director Hida Viloria’s May 2014 essay, “What’s in a Name: Intersex and Identity,” will be published by Oxford University Press this December in…
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OII-USA’s Viloria interviewed in VICE
OII-USA’s Viloria called on the U.S. Gov’t to ban IGM in an interview in VICE on last week’s victory in Malta! Big tx to VICE for giving press attention to…
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Words from Malta, the first nation to ban Intersex Genital Mutilation/IGM!
“I am very proud to be from a country that has from now on the most comprehensive and respectful laws when it comes to the rights of trans and intersex…
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PRESS RELEASE: Huge Intersex Rights Victory in Europe: Malta bans Intersex Genital Mutilation/IGM!
OII-USA joins OII Europe in applauding this victory for Intersex people’s rights, and gives big thanks to members of the Maltese government, OII Europe, ILGA/ILGA Europe, and all who played…
Read MoreHow Common is Intersex? An Explanation of the Stats.
The most thorough existing research finds intersex people to constitute an estimated 1.7% of the population*, which makes being intersex about as common as having red hair (1%-2%). However, popularly…
Read MoreAll for One and One for All: Ending Interphobia
by Hida Viloria. Intersexphobia, or “Interphobia” — as coined in a fantastic 2010 blog post by openly intersex and trans* Professor Cary Gabriel Costello, PhD — encompasses negative attitudes and…
Read MoreWhat is Intersexphobia, or Interphobia?
“Interphobia” — as coined in a fantastic 2010 blog post by openly intersex and trans* Professor Cary Gabriel Costello, PhD — is another term for what we have been calling…
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OII-USA/ICE’s Dani L. Harris’s new book gets great review in Houston Style Magazine
OII-USA/ICE’s multi-talented Officer and Professor Dani L. Harris, PhD’s book, Knowledge is Power: What Everyone Should Know About the Police!, got a great review recently in Houston Style Magazine. Congratulations…
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OII’s message of “Intersex” pride in new Buzzfeed video! :)
We’re thrilled to see more intersex activists following our lead by discarding the use of medical terms such as “DSD” (representing “Disorders” or “Differences”, “of Sex Development”) and instead using…
Read MoreNew study confirms OII’s message: we are “Intersex”, not “DSDs”!
A recent study published in the International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology (March 16, 2015), titled, “Congenital adrenal hyperplasia patient perception of ‘disorders of sex development’ nomenclature”, found that: “71.0% disliked…
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Viloria speaks twice in Barcelona!
We are forever grateful to our fantastic allies Professors Joan Pujol Tarrés, PhD, and Marisela Montenegro, PhD, of the Department of Social Psychology (Departament de Psicologia Social) at the Universitat…
Read MoreViloria gives Keynote in Madrid at 10th International Workshop on Science, Technology and Gender
IC4E E.D. Hida Viloria gave a Keynote presentation, in Spanish, on March 23rd at the X Workshop International Ciencia, Tecnologia Y Genero: Visiones Y Versiones de aas Tecnologias Biomedicas (Madrid…
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Viloria in Gender Talents (Video)
OII Word Chair and Intersex Campaign for Equality (IC4E) founder Hida Viloria was interviewed for Gender Talents , a fantastic web-based project by Colombian artist Carlos Motta that engages movements…
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Fantastic essay on pronouns by former OII-USA Assoc. Dir. Claudia Astorino
Claudia Astorino explores the question “What are the correct pronouns for intersex people?” in this fantastically humorous, thorough, informative essay for EveryoneIsGay.com. Enjoy!
Read MoreDr. Cary Gabriel Costello on how proposed transphobic legislation affects intersex people
This great essay by Intersex Roadshow (one of our favorite intersex blogs!) author Professor Cary Gabriel Costello on how Texas’s recently proposed transphobic bathroom legislation also negatively affects intersex people.
Read MoreHappy Chinese New Year: New Campaign, New Associate Director
2015 is the Year of the Wood Goat, a “year to develop a wild heart, open to love and acceptance on all levels”, and in this vein, we are thrilled…
Read MoreDutee Chand victorious! Please support her right to compete!
On Wednesday, February 11th, 2015, Indian track star Dutee Chand soared to victory, winning the gold medal in the 100- meter race at India’s National Games. http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/national-games-dutee-chand-sprints-to-glory/article6883265.ece Dutee is competing…
Read MoreViloria featured in new book The Human Agenda: Conversations about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Hida Viloria’s interview is featured 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.…
Read MoreHida 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…
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!
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