Blog Posts and Writnig by and About Intersex Youth

“I Won’t Change My Body to Fit Your Expectations”: Reflections From a Masculine Woman with PCOS

July 14th, 2025|

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 and listening to lofi music. I knew something was off when I started growing facial hair at 12 years old.

Call for Participants: Summer 2025 Intersex Youth Retreat

May 19th, 2025|

Not all participants pictured; photos are for fun and not a requirement We're so back! interACT hosted its first-ever youth healing and wellness retreat in August 2024, and we're returning to California for 2025. Northern California has a rich history as the site of several early U.S. intersex groups and gatherings. interACT

Intersex student athletes respond to new sports ban in Congress

January 10th, 2025|

Intersex students deserve the right to play sports with their peers—like any other student. They deserve the fun, confidence, and friendship that school sports can provide. Two newly-introduced bills in Congress that would restrict sports access, H.R.28 and S.9, are questioning those rights. If the bills become law, some intersex students may lose access

We’re Here: Perspectives from 9 Intersex Men & Mascs

November 19th, 2024|

By Apollo Robert International Men's Day has been celebrated on November 19th for 25 years, and its purpose is to highlight the issues impacting men such as promoting positive role models, health, well-being, and healthy gender relations. Every year, there is a specific theme highlighted for particular emphasis. For 2024, one of several

I Want to Pop Up When You Google POR Deficiency

September 30th, 2024|

Courtney Felle (they/them) is a 2024 interACT Youth Cohort Member and a current PhD Student in Disability Studies and Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy at the Ohio State University. They are passionate about disability theory, creative writing, fiber arts, and bad reality TV—and constantly angry about diagnostic injustice. Find them on Instagram via @courtneyfelle.

We are more than a disorder

June 26th, 2024|

Intersex Pride Parade in London, from Dani Coyle Emma Nutt (she/her) is an interACT youth cohort member living with xx/xy intersex chimerism. She is interested in linguistics and biology, taking a personal interest in entomology more specifically. In her spare time she enjoys making art and having fun by messing around with vocaloids.

Call for Participants: Summer 2024 Intersex Youth Retreat

May 31st, 2024|

Northern California has a rich history as the site of several early U.S. intersex groups and gatherings. interACT is proud to continue this history with a new summer youth retreat. The trip is 100% funded for all participants. We can’t wait to be with you! Who: Up to 20 intersex youth ages 18-29

Banti Jaswal: A Young Emerging Intersex Leader

March 21st, 2024|

by Marissa Adams, Program Coordinator interACT is pleased to announce that Banti Jaswal (they/them) has joined the interACT board of directors as the inaugural recipient of the Kimberly Zieselman Award for Young Emerging Intersex Leaders. Each recipient of this award will be a young intersex person who has demonstrated

Ayn Kol Chadash Tachat HaShemesh – Nothing New Under the Sun: A Guide to Intersex Justice Through a Jewish Lens

November 8th, 2023|

Liat Feller, age 3 INTRODUCTION I always knew I was queer, and I’ve been “out” since I was sixteen, but I didn’t know that I was intersex until my early twenties. My first intersex traits appeared as early as age eight. By thirteen, I was well accustomed to invasive exams, procedures, and

Treat me like a person—not an anomaly

October 12th, 2023|

One advocate's guide to better healthcare treatment. Sam Sharpe Intersex people have all of the same health care needs as non-intersex people, as well as some specific intersex care needs. However, due to the ongoing erasure and stigma of bodies like mine that don’t conform to the sex and gender binary, getting

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