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Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation. Intersex-inclusive? Time will tell.
SHE has never definitively answered the commonly-asked question of whether she is an “hermaphrodite” or not – her questioners meant intersex of course. Frankly, we don’t care if she is…
Read MoreUS Fourth Periodic Report to UN Committee on Human Rights does not mention intersex once
REGRETTABLY, the United States government’s Fourth Periodic Report to the United Nations Committee on Human Rights concerning the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights does not include intersex at…
Read MoreOn Health Care for 2012
“Being intersex is often treated as a medical issue, simply because we’re different. Just as being male or female is not a medical issue, although there are specific health issues…
Read MoreTen Misconceptions about Intersex
Authors: Curtis E. Hinkle, Founder, Organisation Intersex International & Hida Viloria, Chairperson, Organisation Intersex International All of the following statements are false: 1. Intersex means that a person has both…
Read MoreIntersex and Medically Unnecessary, Irreversible Treatments
Discriminatory Views Create Discriminatory Medical Treatment Author: Hida Viloria, Chairperson, Organisation Intersex International (OII) Note: A small percentage of intersex variations sometimes require medical attention for immediate health reasons. This…
Read MoreOn a Third Sex
THE creation of a new category to be designated intersex poses several problems. First of all, how do we define intersex? OII believes that there will be never a clear…
Read More2012 Resolution: Spreading Intersex awareness!
Spreading awareness and ending discrimination MODERN medicine saves many lives and doctors are people dedicated to serving the health needs of others. OII United States does not stand in opposition…
Read MoreTypes of Intersex/Intersex Variations
What are some biological factors that can underly intersex? Note: A number of the items that will be linked to below are in the process of being edited for inaccuracies.…
Read MoreAlex Jurgen comes out as intersex in interview. (YouTube Video)
Alex Jurgen, founder of OII Austria, comes out as intersex in this interview. Kudos to Alex for being bravely, proudly intersex! Watch the video (7:46 min) here.
Read MoreWhen medicine can be dangerous to your health and human rights – ACOG pretends that intersex is transgender
MEDICINE, as we often point out, is not a science but a technical art that sometimes makes reference to science. Medical people are as subject to systems of belief –…
Read MoreImportant LGBTQ online survey for California residents is intersex inclusive (though not by virtue of its acronym)
THE LGBTQ Reducing Disparities Project has an online survey running until January 18, 2012. The survey is open only to residents of California, whether they are located in that state…
Read More5-alpha Reductase
5-ALPHA reductase deficiency, commonly shortened to “5-alpha” by community members and allies, is similar to the androgen resistance syndromes – AIS. Individuals with 5-alpha have XY chromosomes and testes but appear…
Read MoreThe Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS) advertises intersex inclusive LGBTI fellowship
YET again a human rights organization based in the United States of America demonstrates that it is possible to include intersex in its remit and not cause the world to come crashing…
Read MoreViloria’s letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking for full intersex inclusion in White House human rights initiatives
HIDA Viloria, Chairperson of Organisation Intersex International – OII – and Director of Organisation Intersex International United States – OII USA – has written a letter to US Secretary of…
Read MoreIssues and Challenges in US Activism
Issues and challenges in US activism Author: Hida Viloria, Chairperson, Organisation Intersex International – OII Unlike most other minority groups, the most tangible discrimination which intersex people have faced has…
Read MoreIntersex-inclusive inter-American human rights commission shows the way via new unit for LGBTI rights
WHILE its counterparts in other parts of the globe prevaricate about including intersex people in their human rights work, the Organization of American States’ (OAS) pan-American human rights commission the…
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Our E.D. on Lobbying the IOC on Behalf of Intersex Women Athletes
In October, 2010, our E.D. Hida Viloria participated, by invitation, in the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s meeting, “Athletes with Disorders of Sex Development and their participation in competitive sport,”…
Read MoreHida Viloria comes out as intersex and non-binary on 20/20
Hida Viloria is OII USA’s director. Here she is on the US 20/20 program, on 19 April 2002 (part 1 of 2; open article for part 2).
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OII’s Petition to the IOC: Depathologization & Fair Policies for Intersex Athletes
OII’s Human Rights Spokesperson, writer and activist Hida Viloria, has authored a petition to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on behalf of the Organization intersex international (OII). The petition…
Read MoreOfficer Dani Lee Harris becomes first intersex person to lead Pride parade
Officer Dani Lee Harris, the LGBT liaison for the Atlanta Police Department, became the first openly intersex person to lead a Pride Parade, in 2009, as Grand Marshall of Atlanta’s…
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