Organizational statements.
In 2010, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) commissioned the Institute of Medicine to assess the current state of knowledge about the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and to identify research gaps and formulate a research agenda that could guide NIH in enhancing and focusing research in this area. The resulting
Last week’s Associated Press story featuring intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and discussion of M.C. v. Medical University of South Carolina is a strong example of a disquieting trend of wishful thinking – or excessive optimism – in recent press coverage of intersex issues. Journalists, being human, are
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health invited comments on critical issues in child development for children and families affected by intersex conditions/DSD. AIC teamed up with GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality to respond
Between the 29th of November and 1 December 2013, the Third International Intersex Forum, supported by ILGA and ILGA-Europe, took place in Valletta, Malta. This event brought together 34 activists representing 30 intersex organisations from all continents, including AIC Board of Directors Co-chair Saifa Wall, and our Youth Leadership Coordinator Pidgeon Pagonis. Mani Mitchell who
Visibility, challenges and hope for DSD and Intersex affected communities worldwide. United States, November 21, 2013: The new German law allowing families whose babies’ sex is unclear because of genital difference to defer choosing a binary option on the birth certificate has been the subject of much criticism. While we share some concerns, we believe
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
The Australian Senate’s Community Affairs References Committee published its long anticipated report this month, “Involuntary or coerced sterilization of intersex people”. The report provided the first and most significant opportunity to raise issues about the health and wellbeing of intersex people in Australia with parliamentarians. OII Australia made numerous submissions to the inquiry, along with
