From Anne Tamar-Mattis, interACT Founder and Legal Director To all of my friends, colleagues, and fellow activists, I have a bittersweet announcement to make. As of September 15, I am moving on from my position as Legal Director of interACT. It has been an honor and privilege to be able to work in service to this
Dear Friends and Fellow Advocates: I spent this week in Copenhagen, Denmark, representing interACT at the I-DSD conference. This is an international conference for medical professionals and researchers who work with intersex patients, although they also allow patient advocates to attend. My main purpose in going was to support my spouse, Dr. Suegee Tamar-Mattis,
AIC has an exciting announcement! Anne Tamar-Mattis will begin working full time as AIC's Legal Director, and Kimberly Zieselman will be stepping up to the position of Executive Director on September 1, 2014.Please read letters from both Anne and Kimberly below: Dear friends, I’m going to tell you a secret: I never really wanted to
AIC is proud to share the first in a series of interviews with key leaders and supporters who have helped make AIC the strong organization we are today! To kick off the series and in celebration of her upcoming 45th Birthday, our first interview is with AIC Executive Director Anne Tamar-Mattis: 1. How did you
Thursday, April 17th, Advocates for Informed Choice founding Executive Director, Anne Tamar-Mattis will speak at Freedom House in Washington, DC at an event entitled, A Discussion on the Human Rights of Intersex Persons: Deepening Awareness and Strengthening Activism. The event, which will begin at 10:30 am and concludes at noon will also feature philosopher and American University Professor Dr. Ellen Feder,
Visibility, challenges and hope for DSD and Intersex affected communities worldwide. United States, November 21, 2013: The new German law allowing families whose babies’ sex is unclear because of genital difference to defer choosing a binary option on the birth certificate has been the subject of much criticism. While we share some concerns, we believe
Saturday October 26, 2013 is International Intersex Awareness Day (IAD). This day marks the anniversary of the October 26, 1996 demonstration where activists and allies held a public demonstration demanding visibility and justice in Boston, where the American Academy of Pediatrics held its annual conference. IAD has become an international day of grass-roots action
Published this month in the international journal Psychology & Sexuality AIC Executive Director, Anne Tamar-Mattis, along with AIC board members Arlene Baratz, MD, Katharine Baratz Dalke, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and community ally Katrina Karkazis PhD MPH, the Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University shared their insights about the
