Recognizing Julie Greenberg, a legal pioneer of intersex civil rights

March 27th, 2024|

The 2023 Anne Tamar-Mattis Advocacy Award for Intersex Allyship could not be presented to a worthier honoree: an individual who is not only the longest-serving member of interACT’s board of directors, but also a legal pioneer of intersex civil rights dating back nearly 25 years. We are honored to present the award to Professor

Banti Jaswal: A Young Emerging Intersex Leader

March 21st, 2024|

by Marissa Adams, Program Coordinator interACT is pleased to announce that Banti Jaswal (they/them) has joined the interACT board of directors as the inaugural recipient of the Kimberly Zieselman Award for Young Emerging Intersex Leaders. Each recipient of this award will be a young intersex person who has demonstrated

The Censors and my Intersex Body

January 9th, 2024|

The “worst anti-trans bill in the nation” is not only that. Emory Hufbauer is a University of Kentucky graduate and a former high school teacher from Louisville, Kentucky. They work as a research programmer at a biology lab, and their pronouns are they/them. Last year my state, like many in the

Federal resolution historically recognizes Intersex Awareness Day

October 26th, 2023|

For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 26. Download PDF here. Press contact: Maddie Moran, Director of Communications, [email protected], (707) 793-1190, ext 702 Resolution affirms right to bodily autonomy for those with variations in sex traits Today, for the first time a federal resolution was introduced into the US House of Representatives formally recognizing this date

What I Wish I’d Known About Intersex People Before I Became A Nurse

October 23rd, 2023|

By Kristin Keller, RN, BSN (Note: This article contains discussion of medical abuse and sexual abuse.) Kristin attends Alicia Roth Weigel's book release event for Inverse Cowgirl moderated by JVN. I worked as a nurse for over a decade—but it was only about two years ago that I fully understood the meaning

Treat me like a person—not an anomaly

October 12th, 2023|

One advocate's guide to better healthcare treatment. Sam Sharpe Intersex people have all of the same health care needs as non-intersex people, as well as some specific intersex care needs. However, due to the ongoing erasure and stigma of bodies like mine that don’t conform to the sex and gender binary, getting

Intersex Memoirs are Shaking Things Up

October 6th, 2023|

interACT staff Maddie Moran and Marissa Adams share the must-read memoirs of 2023. Maddie: When I was growing up, there weren’t many books in the world with stories like mine. The moments in which I recognized my life through reading were some of the most pivotal, such as finding a character who also

A message of thanks to Dr. Arlene Baratz, intersex ally

August 9th, 2023|

The interACT team expresses thanks to Dr. Arlene Baratz, awardee of the 2022 Anne Tamar-Mattis Award for Intersex Allyship. Dr. Arlene Baratz is an outstanding medical ally in the U.S. intersex movement and a parent to two intersex children. Her work represents over two decades of trailblazing leadership in medical research , education and leadership

There are no “nerve-sparing” surgeries on children with CAH: an interview with Dr. Casey Orozco-Poore, MD.

August 7th, 2023|

Traducción español: Laura Inter del artículo Maddie Moran from interACT sits down with Dr. Casey Orozco-Poore, graduate of Harvard Medical School, for a conversation on their recent groundbreaking research on CAH and so-called “nerve-sparing” surgeries. Their research, done alongside Alex S. Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, is titled: Neurological Considerations for ‘‘Nerve-Sparing’’ Cosmetic Genital Surgeries

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