News Of Note
More Americans Receive Non-binary Gender Recognition!
“I hope that more people will feel empowered to challenge the norms, to see that our sexual anatomy is on a spectrum and that gender is really socially constructed.” —…
Read MoreOur ED on the intersex closet in The Advocate
Please enjoy our founding director Hida Viloria’s oped “Why We Must Dismantle the Intersex Closet” in The Advocate. #intersex #nonbinary #LGBTI #comingout #HidaViloria Read more…
Read MoreS. African Beauty Queen Comes Out as Intersex!
Earlier this week, we celebrated South African Sharon Rose Khumalo’s victory–as the newly crowned Miss Mamelodi Sundowns–and her decision to compete as an openly intersex person, on Facebook. We’re thrilled…
Read MoreOur Founding E.D. Reflects on Intersex Pride on Oprah
“I wouldn’t be a ‘regular’ woman if you paid me: this is who I want to be.” — Hida Viloria Our founding E.D. Hida Viloria reflects on being he/r authentic…
Read MoreModel Hanne Gaby Odiele comes out as intersex!
As outlined in USA Today, model Hanne Gaby Odiele has come out as intersex– hurray! She did so, like all intersex advocates, to shine a light on the human rights…
Read MoreGlobal Intersex Activists & The Guardian on Intersex Birth Certificates
Bravo to Sara Kelly Keenan and to The Guardian for this respectfully written and well researched article, featuring fantastic interviews with Keenan–the first U.S. citizen to be issued an “intersex”…
Read MoreThe TransAdvocate Challenges WPATH’s Support of IGM & DSD
We have always believed that intersex and trans people should support each other and work together as allies. Sadly, this has not always been the case. In the fantastic Transadvocate.com…
Read MoreGreat video of Sara Keenan’s Historic Intersex Birth Certificate
We prefer the 1.7% statistic for #intersex people, as it includes all the different types, unlike the 1 in 2000 statistic used in the video, which only refers to intersex…
Read MoreE.D. Hida Viloria quoted in People Magazine
Today, People Magazine quotes our founding director Hida Viloria about the recent historic development in NYC! Last week we shared the great news that NYC had issued a groundbreaking intersex…
Read MoreYr End Report: Celebrating Intersex Education & Legal Recognition in 2016!
2016 heralded some victorious achievements for intersex education, visibility and legal recognition, and the Intersex Campaign for Equality is proud to have played a role. This New Year’s we celebrate…
Read MoreNBCNews.com covers NYC’s Intersex Birth Certificate & Zzyym’s Passport Lawsuit
Great piece in NBCNews.com of the recent issuing of Sara Kelly Keenan’s “intersex” birth certificate, featuring coverage of our own Dana Zzyym’s historic passport lawsuit for non binary intersex gender…
Read More“Intersex” Birth Certificate Issued in New York City!
We recently received news from intersex recognition activist extraordinaire, Sara Kelly Keenan–the first legally recognized non-binary Californian–that the city of New York has amended their birth certificate to read “Intersex”!!!!!…
Read MoreTogether We Fixed it: De-Pathologization Win in Nat’l Geographic!
What a great Christmas/Hanukkah gift to the intersex community to have our concerns listened to & addressed! As this National Geographic article discusses, their January “Gender Revolution” issue has prompted…
Read MoreNBC News on Third Gender Option Explosion in the U.S.!
The recent landmark court ruling in our very own Dana Zzyym’s lawsuit for federal third gender recognition is covered in this NBC News article about the growing third gender option…
Read MoreIntersex Bodily Autonomy & Self Determination Honored in S. African Case!
“Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini said government recognises that being intersex is a sexual characteristic, and not a medical condition. Speaking at a conference when SA joined the global fight…
Read MorePBS Covers Zzyym’s Landmark Federal Ruling
Fantastic piece by PBS about last week’s fantastic news about the ruling in our own Dana Zzyym’s landmark lawsuit.
Read MoreVictory for Intersex Plaintiff Dana Zzyym & All Non-Binary People!
Earlier today, Lambda Legal–who are representing our Associate Director Dana Zzyym in their historic U.S. lawsuit for accurate gender recognition on their passport–issued an update in the case titled, “Victory…
Read MoreE.D. Hida Viloria on UN Radio’s Gender Focus
Our ED speaks about growing up as an intact intersex person, identifying as gender fluid, and how s/he thinks parents of intersex babies should treat them in this short interview…
Read MoreHonoring the Intersex Day of Remembrance
The Intersex Day of Remembrance, also known as Intersex Solidarity Day, is observed on November 8th, the birthday of Herculine Barbin. As the observance’s founder Gina Wilson, former president and…
Read MoreGLMA Calls for End to Nonconsensual Surgeries on Intersex Minors!
Earlier this week, GLMA, the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, adopted a new resolution on the medical treatment of intersex kids, titled, “Medical and Surgical Intervention of Patients with Differences…
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