59th Session of the UN Convention Against Torture
The interACT legal team recently submitted a document to the 59th Session of the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) urging them to consider some key questions around intersex in the future periodic review of the
Response to National Institutes of Health SGM Comments
NIH Recognizes need to address intersex human rights and other community priorities in research interACT is making an impact by helping to set better priorities and better standards for federally funded intersex research.
Federal Government Bans Discrimination Against Intersex People in Health Care
We got some exciting news from InterACT Law and Policy this week. For the first time, the federal government has officially stated that, at least in the area of federally-funded health programs, discrimination against intersex
Intersex Inclusion in Popular Media
By: Amanda Saenz, interACT Youth member and “Raven” on MTV’s Faking it TW: q-slur Article in Hollywood Reporter Faking It officially came to an end this week, and
An Intersex Study Session…in Budapest?
By: Emily Quinn, interACT Youth Coordinator For the first time in history, a group of youth activists recently came together to study one of my favorite topics: intersex rights. From April 18-22, a group of
Suffering in silence
Guest post by: interACT Board Member, Lynnell Stephanie Long When I was a child, and in the University of Chicago Hospital, I contemplated death more than life. At the age of 14 I was told