Dr. Rachel Levine and her Colleagues at HHS Have a Big Opportunity the Media Isn’t Talking About
Dr. Rachel Levine, President-elect Biden’s nominee for Assistant Health Secretary, has been my professional mentor. I know she’s a perfect choice for the job. She’s also someone with unique opportunities to carry intersex communities’
interACT Launches California’s SB 225 to Delay Clitoroplasty and Other Major Genital Surgeries on Infants
Every young person deserves a fair and equal chance to participate in major decisions about their own reproductive and sexual health. SB 225 gives people born with variations in their genitalia and other sex anatomy
President-elect Biden, Please Don’t Leave Intersex People Behind!
By Kimberly Zieselman, interACT Executive Director   It was a great week. A collective sigh of relief could be heard across the country from at least 74 million Americans. LGBTQ-inclusive candidates President-elect Biden and
New Consensus Study Calls for Agencies to Collect Data on Intersex Status
By Dr. Arlene Baratz, interACT Medical Research & Policy Committee Chair   A landmark study, Understanding the Well-Being of LGBTQI Populations, was released this week by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine
9 Doctors Changing the Face of Healthcare for Intersex People
We’re grateful for the MDs working every day for intersex bodily autonomy. Here’s 9 who give us hope. By Hans Lindahl   Too many members of intersex communities are survivors of medical harm. Many
Boston Children’s Hospital’s Change on Intersex Surgeries Was Years in the Making
Decades of community activism led to the formation of a law and policy organization, which led to meetings with hospitals across the country, which led to passing a resolution with medical students and physician allies,