This is really amazing news. For the first time, a lawsuit has been filed because of a surgery performed on an intersex child. For many years, medical professionals have pressured parents of children with intersex conditions to consent to surgery to try to “fix” them. Not only do the surgeries not do what the doctors […]

I’ve written before about Advocates for Informed Choice, an amazing organization that advocates for the civil rights of children who are born with variations of sex anatomy. It’s estimated that 1 in 2000 children are born with reproductive or sexual anatomy and/or chromosome patterns that don’t fit the usual definitions of male or female. And […]

Via Facebook (thanks, Jen!) Spread the word! There’s a new support group forming for intersex folks at New Leaf Services in San Francisco. See below for deets. Also relevant for intersex folks and the people in their lives is Advocates for Informed Choice, a legal advocacy group for children born with variations of sexual anatomy […]