WE are mindful of a range of beliefs about the XXY karyotype – about being male, being female and being intersex – often warring with each other out there in the wider community, so we were very interested to come across the story of Juno, formerly Alejandro, recently. A number of members of OII across…
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Intersex people lose out by inclusion in US prison transgender policy
IN a disturbing turn of events, intersex prisoners have been co-opted into new transgender prison policies in Cook County in the US, as written about in an article at Examiner.com by Susan Hillman, Prison Policy Examiner. Examiner.com: Update on new transgender policy at Cook County Jail OII Australia President Gina Wilson has added comments on…
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Stanford Medicine article on non-consensual intersex surgery and medical treatment
OII-USA Spokesperson for Human Rights, Hida Viloria, is quoted in an article on intersex in an online publication by Stanford Medicine. OII is against non-consensual surgery and related medical treatment on intersex newborn’s genitals, and demands that intersex children have the right to choose what medical treatment they wish, when they want it. OII also…
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Existence of intersex now recognized by US Department of State
THE U.S. Department of State has now recognized the existence of intersex people and the fact that the passports of US intersex citizens need to reflect that reality. The text of the US Department of State’s manual concerning this policy update – 7 FAM 1350 APPENDIX M INTERSEX CONDITIONS (DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT) is a…
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The Huffington Post: What it Says About Us When a 17-Month-Old Boy Is Beaten to Death for “Acting Like a Girl”
AT approximately 8:25 p.m. last Sunday night, the New York State Police on Long Island logged a 911 call about a toddler in cardiac arrest. The boy, 17-month-old Roy Jones, was rushed from the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton, N.Y. to Southampton Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:11 p.m. According to authorities, the…
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A grand marshal who is ‘uniquely different’: Officer Dani Lee Harris is first intersex person to lead Pride parade
“As a grand marshal of this year’s Atlanta Pride parade, Officer Dani Lee Harris, the LGBT liaison for the Atlanta Police Department, plans to wear her uniform proudly despite the controversy surrounding the APD’s recent raid of the Atlanta Eagle, a gay bar….” … At first reluctant to go public with being intersex, Harris said…
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