U.S. House moves to criminalize consensual gender-affirming care, endorse nonconsensual intersex surgeries
For Immediate Release: June 10, 2025 Press contacts: A. Lazarus Orr, press@transequality.org Sylvan Fraser Anthony, sfraser@interactadvocates.org PDF Available Here. Today, H.R. 3492, a Congressional bill criminalizing gender-affirming care while endorsing intersex genital mutilation,
Honoring Dr. Milton Diamond: Awardee of the Anne Tamar-Mattis Advocacy Award
Dr. Milton "Mickey" Diamond is the newest recipient of the Anne Tamar-Mattis Advocacy Award for Intersex Allyship, remembering him as a champion for the bodily autonomy of intersex children. interACT
Celebrating Justin Tsang: Recipient of the Kimberly Zieselman Youth Award
Justin Tsang is this past year’s recipient of the Kimberly Zieselman Award, recognizing his exemplary work in the intersex community. Justin Tsang, Intersex and Disability Justice Advocate Justin Tsang
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ban on consensual healthcare openly endorses mutilation of intersex children
The mask is off. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “Protect Children’s Innocence” Act does no such thing—it plainly states that “genital or bodily mutilation” is “not a violation” when carried out on minors with intersex variations
Call for Participants: Summer 2025 Intersex Youth Retreat
Not all participants pictured; photos are for fun and not a requirement We're so back! interACT hosted its first-ever youth healing and wellness retreat in August 2024, and we're returning to California
No care, just control – the intersex mutilation exceptions in gender-affirming care bans
More than half of states now have laws in place that bar access to gender-affirming care—the consensual, necessary healthcare that allows transgender teens and young adults to feel at home in their bodies. All