“I Won’t Change My Body to Fit Your Expectations”: Reflections From a Masculine Woman with PCOS
I’m a masculine intersex woman, and I’m not broken. Tendaji Phoenix is an interACT Youth Advocacy cohort member with hyperandrogenic PCOS who uses he/she pronouns. He is an aspiring cybersecurity analyst from Los Angeles. She likes discussing the tech world
Supreme Court upholds gender-affirming care ban with intersex mutilation exception. Our communities will not back down.
Today the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in US v. Skrmetti, the case challenging Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for youth. The ban, along with every similar statewide ban, contains
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