A New Health Policy from the Israeli Ministry of Health
Israel’s Ministry of Health has just issued a new statement of official procedure addressing treatment of intersex people that represents a real step forward. While the policy falls short of calls from international human rights
Accepting Myself as an Intersex Woman
My name is Jackie Green and for as long as I can remember my biggest fear in life was that someone would find out that I had XY chromosomes - a fact about me that
A Conversation with David Strachan, Intersex and Non-binary Pioneer
A Conversation with David Strachan, Intersex and Non-binary Pioneer by Hans Lindahl, interACT Member I sat down with David Cameron Strachan to reflect on intersex and LGBTQ history, the meaning of “non-binary” gender, and
What Would I Have Been Like?
What Would I Have Been Like? Examining hidden preconceptions & perils of the Intersex Experience (#1) by Karen Walsh This question has morphed quite a bit over the years for me. It went from common little
The Council of Europe Publishes Study on the Rights of Children in Biomedicine, Including Entire Chapter Highlighting the Experience of Intersex Children
The Council of Europe Publishes Study on the Rights of Children in Biomedicine, Including Entire Chapter Highlighting the Experience of Intersex Children Last month, the Council of Europe published “The Rights of Children in Biomedicine:
What Hanne Gaby Odeile Means For Intersex People – Like Me
In addition to being an Intersex activist and political campaigns consultant, Susannah Temko who lives in London is also a member of interACT Youth. Susannah wrote this reflection for Huffington Post UK on fashion model Hanne Gaby Odeile’s recent