Press releases, statements, and organizational updates from interACT.
Human Rights Watch and interACT sent letters to the medical associations, the Pediatric Endocrine Society and the Societies for Pediatric Urology, urging them to use their upcoming international medical conferences to publicly affirm their support to end medically unnecessary surgery on intersex children. Read the press release below. Â
Today marks the beginning of the annual meeting of pediatric urologists, a medical speciality often tasked with caring for the health and well being of infants born with intersex traits. In recognition of the deeply harmful impact of medically unnecessary surgical interventions that continue to this day, despite over twenty years of advocacy by intersex
interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth applauds Amnesty International’s attention to this important issue. The experiences highlighted by the researchers mirror what many intersex individuals suffer in the United States. This report is part of a growing tidal wave of awareness in the international community that these surgeries violate human rights and must be stopped. If
Attendees of the 4th International Intersex Forum in Amsterdam Internationally renown fashion model Hanne Gaby Odiele, who recently disclosed her intersex status to the world and has partnered with interACT to advocate for intersex rights stated about the 4th International Intersex Forum: "It's incredibly inspiring to see the global intersex rights movement
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. Â The administrative building of the National Institutes of Health is shown in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) We
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 people is prohibited! How did this happen? It started with passage of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare,
In one day, many of our LGBTQI friends in North Carolina lost all protections... and all of the public bathrooms! Now we see how quickly our protections can disappear. This bill was proposed, debated, voted on by both legislative branches and signed by the governor in one day. And once one state topples, the rest follow right along,
Watch AIC's April 21st, all star panel on Huff Post Live including Board Members Sean Saifa and Dr. Arlene Baratz and staff  Pidgeon Pagonis and Anne Tamar-Mattis with fantastic host Ahmed Shihab-Eldin.  If you have not yet seen these amazing folks in actions, now's your chance--it will be the best 20 minutes of your day!
AIC recently received a copy of a letter written by an international group of pediatric endocrine societies in response to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture’s statement calling for an end to genital-normalizing surgeries without the consent of the affected person. The letter thanks the United Nations for bringing attention to this issue, while
