Anne Tamar-Mattis
Advocacy Award for Intersex Allyship
The Anne Tamar-Mattis Advocacy Award sets the bar for intersex allyship. Established in 2017 in recognition of interACT’s founder, Anne Tamar-Mattis, the award is intended to recognize and honor outstanding allies of the intersex community for their support and advocacy on behalf of intersex youth. Support from a variety of fields and perspectives is integral to the success of the intersex movement. Award nominations are made by interACT as appropriate in recognition of tremendous contribution to the fight for intersex rights.
2023 Awardee: Julie Greenberg
Among her many distinctions as an ally to intersex people, Professor Emerita Julie Greenberg is the longest-serving member of interACT’s board of directors, taking part from its founding through the spring of 2023. Her prolific scholarship advancing the legal rights of people with intersex traits has been cited by a number of state and federal courts, as well as courts in other countries. She is the author of Intersexuality and the Law: Why Sex Matters, which provided an invaluble description, analysis, and critique of how people with intersex conditions are treated undeer existing legal regies. The book received the 2013 Bullough Book Award for the most distinguished book written for the professional sexological community.