Posts Tagged ‘intersex mental health’
Video of White House LGBT Health Conference now online, with questions by intersex activist
THE videos of the morning sessions from the White House LGBT Health Conference in Philadelphia on Thursday February 16 2012 are now online and available for viewing at any time. Dana Zzyym, an intersex activist and OII United States member attended the conference and asked a set of questions only to receive a brief and…
Read MoreThe White House LGBT Conference on Health, Thursday, February 16th in Philadelphia
THE White House LGBT Conference on Health is being held in Philadelphia, today, US time, from 8am on Thursday February 16 2012. Details are below and the conference is being broadcast live at The White House website. This email confirms your registration for the White House LGBT Conference on Health, next Thursday, February 16th in…
Read MoreThe 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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