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California Becomes Second State to Offer Third Gender Option!
HURRAY for all non-binary people, and all of us who have fought to be recognized as non-binary!!!! Big thanks to Governor Brown for signing bill SB 179 into law last…
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BBC Reports on Great Ormond Street Hospital failing intersex children
Great Ormond Street Hospital in the UK is not meeting care standards for intersex children, a BBC investigation says. As covered in an article today in BBC News, the hospital…
Read MoreHappy National Coming Out Day!
A note from our E.D.
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Lambda Legal Continues Fight on Behalf of Intersex Citizen Denied a U.S. Passport!
LAMBDA LEGAL PRESS RELEASE, Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Contact Tom Warnke: C: 213-841-4503; twarnke@lambdalegal.org ==================================================== Lambda Legal Continues Fight on Behalf of Intersex Citizen Denied a U.S. Passport “In the…
Read MoreViloria Kicks Off BMCC’s LGBTQIA History Month
The Bureau of ManhattanCommunity College (BMCC) is celebrating LGBTQIA History Month this October, and invited our E.D. Hida Viloria to present the keynote speech to kickoff the celebrations on October…
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E.D. Presenting at Columbia’s Center for Gender & Sexuality Law
Intersex Campaign for Equality E.D. Hida Viloria will be presenting “Cultural Delusion and Social Oppression: Why Intersex Inclusion Matters”, a free lunchtime talk at the esteemed Columbia University’s Center for…
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Intersex Community Members featured in Washington Post Intersex Movement article!
Our E.D. Hida Viloria and other members of the intersex community are quoted in the article, “The Intersex Rights Movement Is Ready for its Moment,” in today’s Washington Post, which…
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Help For Struggling Youth
In light of the tragic fatal shooting last weekend of non-binary intersex college student Scout Schultz, we encourage anyone who knows a youth who is struggling to…
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Suffering College Students Shouldn’t Be Shot Dead: R.I.P. Scout Schultz
From our founding director. As reported on Facebook early this week, we are extremely saddened by the fatal shooting of college student Scout Shultz, who passed away…
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Human Rights Watch calls on American Academy of Pediatrics to Stop IGM!
Excellent article from Human Rights Watch calling on the American Academy of Pediatrics, convening this weekend in Chicago, to endorse what we intersex activists have been advocating for decades:…
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Viloria to give Keynote at Lambda Archives Annual Gala
Our founding director Hida Viloria will be presenting the keynote address at this years Lambda Archives of San Diego Annual Gala: 30 Years of Preserving the Pearls of Our History.…
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Intersex Doctor Speaks Out Against IGM in THE NATION!
A decade ago, our E.D. appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show with the author of this excellent piece in The Nation, and we thank Dr. Katharine B…
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Human Rights Watch calls on US to end Intersex Genital Mutilation (VIDEO)
The report, “I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me: Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Children in the US,” was released earier this week, on July 25th. In…
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Human Rights Watch report: I Want to be Like Nature Made Me
Human Rights Watch: “I Want to be Like Nature Made Me”Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Children in the US Published July 25, 2017. Reader Advisory: This report contains graphic descriptions…
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Assoc Dir Zzyym Speaks Out About Their Landmark Non-binary Lawsuit on ABC News!
Intersex Campaign for Equality’s Dana Zzyym is interviewed on ABC News regarding their landmark lawsuit against the U.S. State Department for a passport with a non-binary gender designation.…
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My latest: Doctors Resort To Nonsensical Reasoning To Justify Surgeries On Intersex Children
My latest essay, “Doctors Resort To Nonsensical Reasoning To Justify Surgeries On Intersex Children,” published today in the Huffington Post, is a searing critique of the nonsensical, and innately discriminatory…
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Former U.S. Surgeon Generals Call For Moratorium on Medically Unnecessary Intersex Infant Surgeries!
In a stunning victory for intersex advocates, three former United States Surgeon Generals published a paper yesterday, titled “Re-Thinking Genital Surgeries on Intersex Infants,” which calls for a moratorium on…
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Fight for Non-Binary Passport Continues!
As reported in a press release yesterday, Lambda Legal has filed a motion to reopen the case of Dana Zzyym, our Associate Director, for non-binary gender recognition on…
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Contesting Intersex Wins American Sociological Association Awards!
At the onset of it’s publication, we highly recommended the book Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis (NYU Press, 2015), by our colleague Dr. Georgiann Davis. Today, we congratulate Davis on…
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NYC Issues Second Intersex Birth Certificate!
New York City has issued its second intersex birth certificate, and the second known in the nation, to our E.D. Hida Viloria, and we are thrilled to see…
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