Social media graphic showing faces of interACT staff during process of passing intersex legislation SCR-110.

HISTORY: MADE! Today, interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, Equality California, and California State Senator Scott Wiener celebrate the passing of the first legislation in U.S. history to name the harms of non-consensual medical interventions on intersex people.

Earlier today the state of California passed SCR-110, a resolution calling on the medical profession to heed international human rights guidelines and delay cosmetic non-consensual procedures, such as clitoral reductions, until an individual can participate in the decision.

SCR-110 was supported by numerous human rights organizations including the ACLU, Human Rights Watch, Children’s Advocacy Institute, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality, the Trevor Project, and PFLAG, among others.

The resolution explains that the CA legislature “considers intersex children a part of the fabric of our state’s diversity to be celebrated rather than an aberration to be corrected” and directly quotes intersex people explaining their experiences with the medical community and their hopes for the future of intersex rights. InterACT is proud to have raised these important voices across California and beyond.

The essentials:

Understanding the issue: intersex 101:

Read all about the resolution with in-depth coverage:

And general information pieces from many outlets:

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interACT staff and allies leave Sacramento’s capitol building after winning a vote at a subcommittee hearing for SCR-110.

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interACT staff and allies reflect after winning a vote at a subcommittee hearing for SCR-110.

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The interACT team testifies in Sacramento, California for SCR-110’s 5th hearing in the Assembly Judiciary Committee. From left to right: Board member and author of Raising Rosie Eric Lohman, interACT founder Anne Tamar-Mattis, board member and medical advisor Dr. Arlene Baratz, interACT Communications Director Hans Lindahl, interACT Youth member Allie Quinn, Dr. Suegee Tamar-Mattis

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interACT Communications Director Hans Lindahl and Dr. Suegee Tamar-Mattis, an intersex physician, give testimony in support of SCR-110.

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interACT Communications Director Hans Lindahl and Dr. Suegee Tamar-Mattis, an intersex physician, give testimony in support of SCR-110.

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interACT staff and allies arrive in Sacramento with #4intersex support signs.

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