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It's Intersex Awareness Day!

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October 26, 2016

Twenty years ago today, intersex activists took to the streets of Boston and demonstrated outside a conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics. It was the first public demonstration by intersex people in North America — an event commemorated yearly as Intersex Awareness Day.

See Also: Intersex, Intersex Awareness Day, Intersex Rights
State Department Got It Wrong in Denying Passport to Intersex Citizen

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July 20, 2016

Lambda Legal today argued in federal district court that the U.S. State Department erred when it refused to issue a passport to Dana Zzyym, a U.S. citizen and Navy veteran who is intersex and does not identify as male or female.

See Also: Intersex Rights, Transgender Rights
Surgery for Our Communities: Inflicted or Accessed?

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April 22, 2016

Lambda Legal, its clients and its allies continue to fight misunderstanding, immense prejudice, stigma and shaming of intersex and transgender people. Here's the key to the fight for justice

See Also: Intersex Rights
U.S. State Department Passport Policies “Absurd,” Lambda Legal Tells Court

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April 22, 2016

Lambda Legal today urged the U.S. District Court in Colorado to deny the federal government’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit Lambda Legal filed on behalf of an intersex client, Dana Zzyym. The U.S.

See Also: Intersex, Transgender Rights
Making the Case for Transgender Rights

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December 28, 2015

This year more than ever, transgender people were the focus of media attention. Transition stories and true and fictional narratives about trans lives exploded into the American consciousness like never before. This is a hopeful development.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Ask Lambda Legal — What does “intersex” mean?

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November 10, 2015

Intersex is an umbrella term used to describe a wide range of natural bodily variations. Intersex people are born with sex characteristics that do not fit typical binary notions of bodies designated “male” or “female.” In some cases, intersex traits are visible at birth, while in others they are not apparent until puberty. Some intersex variations may not be visibly apparent at all.

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal, Intersex, Intersex Rights
Intersex 101

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October 26, 2015

Intersex is an umbrella term used to describe a wide range of natural bodily variations. Intersex people are born with sex characteristics that do not fit typical binary notions of bodies designated “male” or “female.” In some cases, intersex traits are visible at birth, while in others they are not apparent until puberty. Some intersex variations may not be visibly apparent at all.

See Also: Intersex Rights