Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif. Photo source: AL 24 News Guest post by Victoria Kirby York, the Director of Public Policy and Programs at the National Black Justice Collective. Imane Khelif, an Olympic women's boxer from Algeria, has been targeted by JK Rowling and others and called a man based on
From interACT Executive Director Erika Lorshbough: We stand for the right of all women to participate in athletics, including those born with variations in their sex traits such as chromosomal or hormonal variations. It is disappointing to see hate in response to competition taking place at the Olympics, which should be a joyous celebration
Today the United Nations Human Rights Council voted to adopt its first-ever resolution denouncing “discrimination, violence, and harmful practices” that violate the human rights of intersex people. The resolution specifically expresses the Council’s “grave concern” about the practice of “medically unnecessary or deferrable interventions…with respect to sex characteristics, performed without the full, free and
On Intersex Day of Solidarity all people invested in intersex human rights are encouraged to show support for the intersex community globally.
Greece has taken a momentous step today for human rights by banning intersex genital mutilation, becoming one of the first countries to do so. The new law, which prohibits surgeries to change intersex children’s sex characteristics under age 15 unless urgently needed for health, affirms bodily autonomy and the right to individual choice around surgery.
The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women called for submissions of information on issues affecting queer, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people during reproductive health care and childbirth. Special Rapporteur Dubravka Simonovic has declared mistreatment against women during reproductive health care and childbirth the topic of her next report, to be presented in front
December 1, 2018to Mr. António GuterresUN Secretary GeneralSecretary-General of the United Nations Note: This letter was written to support broader civil society action in relation to the proposed Convention in an effort led by CUNY, MADRE, and OutRight Action International. Re: “Gender” in the Draft Crimes Against Humanity ConventionDear International Law Commission Members, We write
interACT supports the work of our friends in Australia. The country has launched a national inquiry into intersex medical interventions. Our Executive Director, Kimberly Zieselman, writes in support: I write as the Executive Director of interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, the United States’ largest organization dedicated exclusively to advocacy on behalf of youth born
Dear Friends and Fellow Advocates: I spent this week in Copenhagen, Denmark, representing interACT at the I-DSD conference. This is an international conference for medical professionals and researchers who work with intersex patients, although they also allow patient advocates to attend. My main purpose in going was to support my spouse, Dr. Suegee Tamar-Mattis,
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
