Posts Tagged ‘intersex mistreatment’
March 7 2012 was an historic day for LGBT people at the United Nations Human Rights Council – now we need full and equal intersex inclusion
WE had hoped to comment on the proceedings of Wednesday March 7, 2012 a little sooner than now. We have been attempting to obtain a full transcript of the proceedings at the United Nations Human Rights Council discussion titled Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity but one was not forthcoming. Instead, ILGA – the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans…
Read MoreWe thank Anne Tamar-Mattis of Advocates for Informed Choice – AIC – for her intersex advocacy
LEGAL advocate for intersex people Anne Tamar-Mattis of Advocates for Informed Choice – AIC has further contributed to public education about intersex people in a recent, at-length and in-depth interview with San Francisco Bay Area radio station KPFA. The program – now available as a downloadable MP3 file – was broadcast on the Against the Grain program on Monday, March 5, 2012. Remember…
Read MoreVideo 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 MoreOII Chairperson Hida Viloria asks US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to declare against intersex genital mutilation – IGM – as well as female genital mutilation – FGM
OII Chairperson Hida Viloria has written an article for The Global Herald declaring that recent statements by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton against Female Genital Mutilation – FGM – do not go far enough and must also encompass the widespread cultural practice of intersex genital mutilation – IGM. It is often parents’ or doctors’…
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 MoreScotland continues to impress in its intersex inclusion and its people’s ability to say LGBTI
THE Scottish people and media continue to impress us with their ability to say the word intersex and to pronounce intersex-including acronym LGBTI. That the people of Scotland and its media are not too frightened to say intersex and LGBTI and to cast them in print or pixels is an object lesson to the people…
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 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…
Read MoreUS Department of Housing and Urban Development issues LGBT housing rule, but no sign of intersex anywhere
IN a worthy move on behalf of our LGBT allies within the LGBTI community, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Secretary Shaun Donovan has announced a new HUD rule, Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs – Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity. The rule does not include intersex. Intersex people are…
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