Posts Tagged ‘intersex NYC’
New York City Soon to Allow Gender Neutral X on Birth Certificates!
As reported in The Daily Beast, New York City will soon allow non-binary people to amend birth certificates to a gender neutral “X.” New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced the landmark proposal, Introduction 954-A, back on June 4th in honor of pride month. It was cleared by…
Read MoreNYC 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 a government body once again acknowledging that sex comes in three categories: male, female and intersex! This is fantastic news given the medical industrial complex’s…
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 birth certificate—to the fantastic Sara Kelly Keenan, who is also the first non-binary Californian— and we are grateful for all the media coverage which has…
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 recognition, and Jamie Shupe’s non binary gender recognition in Oregon. “Not all intersex people will choose to identify legally as intersex,” Keenan told NBC Out,…
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