interACT Law & Policy
interACT’s founder, Anne Tamar-Mattis, JD.
interACT works across the nation and beyond to protect children born with intersex traits and ensure that the human rights abuses experienced by the intersex community are put to an end. To accomplish this, interACT advocates on behalf of intersex youth in the courts, in the development of local and national policy, and through collaboration on research to address pressing issues identified by the intersex community.
interACT remains the only intersex-led advocacy organization in the United States with the ability to employ full-time lawyers who work for intersex bodily autonomy.
More About Laws and Policies Protecting Intersex People
Important Intersex Law Resources and Historical Documents
- Amnesty International’s Policy Statement on the Rights of Intersex Individuals (2017)
- interACT’s Report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (2017)
- The Darlington Statement – a joint call to action from Australian and Aotearoa/New Zealand intersex groups (2017)
- United Nations Intersex Fact Sheet (2016)
- UN Free & Equal’s Intersex Campaign (2016)
- Public Statement from the 3rd International Intersex Forum (2013)
- Survey Results: 5 Top Priorities for DSD Care (2013)
Law & Policy Posts from the Blog
Trump’s Executive Order Ignores Science to Push Discriminatory Agenda
Trump’s Executive Order, “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” neither defends women nor states any “biological truth.” Instead, it attempts to erase the existence of transgender
HHS supports intersex bodily autonomy in first-ever health equity report
For Immediate Release: January 16, 2025 Press contact: Sylvan Fraser Anthony, Legal and Policy Director - [email protected] Today, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a groundbreaking report on intersex health,
interACT Urges Opposition to the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025” H.R.28
Today, Congress threatens to strip many intersex students, especially girls and women, of their right to play sports. Like similar statewide bills that seek to restrict sports participation based on vague definitions of "sex",