Posts Tagged ‘intersex health’
The Bay Area Reporter reports on intersex-inclusive House of Lords LGBTI human rights event
IT has been said that one can count the number of LGBTI, not LGBT, events in the United Kingdom on the palm of one hand. That may well be true. The recent LGBTI event at the House of Lords is certainly the first instance we have seen where the word intersex has been associated with…
Read MoreFirst of a series of White House LGBT Health conferences is, in reality, intersex inclusive
IT was recently reported that The White House will be presenting a number of conferences on LGBT health around the country, with the first in the series to be held in Philadelphia on February 16 2012. The Philadelphia White House LGBT Conference on Health will feature remarks from Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. The conferences,…
Read MoreOnline petition for the United States government to end intersex genital mutilation – IGM
AN intersex activist in the United States of America has placed a petition online, asking for the end of intersex genital mutilation – IGM – in that country. Female genital mutilation – FGM – is illegal in the US but intersex genital mutilation continues unabated. Melissa Lynn’s petition is directed at Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the U.S. Department…
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