Policies Supporting Intersex Youth
interACT is not alone in demanding an end to non-consensual surgeries on intersex youth. Find below some of the organizational statements and reports calling for a change in practice. This list is not exhaustive. More organizations are voicing their public support every day!
Medical Association Statements on Intersex Rights
- American Academy of Family Physicians: Genital Surgeries in Intersex Children
- American Academy of Pediatrics: American Academy of Pediatrics Recognizes Intersex Awareness Day
- American Counseling Association: Resolution to Protect Intersex Children from Unwanted Surgery, Secrecy, and Shame
- American Medical Association Board of Trustees: Supporting Autonomy for Patients with Differences of Sex Development (DSD)
- American Medical Student Association: AMSA Issues Statement to Defer Gender “Normalizing” Surgeries for Children Born as Intersex
- GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality (previously known as the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association): GLMA Adopts Resolution on Care for Children with DSD
- Massachusetts Medical Society: Evidence-based care of individuals born with differences in sex development
- Michigan Medical Society: Opposing Surgical Sex Assignment of Infants with Difference of Sex Development
Hospital Policies on Intersex Surgery in the United States
Human Rights Organizations Statements on Intersex Rights
- Amnesty International: Amnesty International’s Policy Statement on the Rights of Intersex Individuals
- United Nations Committee Against Torture, Committee on the Rights of the Child, Committee on the Rights of People with Disabilities, Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, along with several independent experts: End violence and harmful medical practices on intersex children and adults
- Human Rights Watch: US: Doctors Need Intersex Care Standards
- Physicians for Human Rights: Unnecessary Surgery on Intersex Children Must Stop
- World Health Organization: Sexual health, human rights and the law
Statements from United States Government Agencies and Officials
- New York City Human Rights Commissioner and former Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner: Scalpels Down! Let Intersex Children Choose!
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission: A Human Rights Investigation Into the “Normalization” of Intersex People
- Three former U.S. Surgeons General: Re-Thinking Genital Surgeries on Intersex Infants
- United States State Department: In Recognition of Intersex Awareness Day
State and Local Legislation within the United States
- California’s SCR-110
- Cook County, IL Resolution
- New York City’s Human Rights Law
- Oklahoma City, OK Resolution
Legal Organization Statements on Intersex Rights
- American Civil Liberties Union: Stop Performing Nonconsensual, Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Young Intersex Children
- Lambda Legal: It’s Intersex Awareness Day!
- New York City Bar Association: Medically Unnecessary Surgeries For Intersex Children: Education Campaign