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News (USA)
Federal judge intervenes on behalf of intersex citizen denied U.S. passport
“I hope the State Department will do the right thing now,” said Dana Zzyym.
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News (USA)
We’re there as media converges on New York City for election climax
LGBTQNation will be among the throng of reporters at Hillary Clinton’s Election Night headquarters, bringing you live updates all night.
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News (USA)
Californian second in U.S. to have non-binary gender approved by court
Keenan is the second person in the nation to receive such a designation, and was inspired by Jamie Shupe’s June victory in Oregon.
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Commentary
Why ‘Is it a boy or a girl?’ shouldn’t be the first question we ask
“Is it a boy or a girl?” On the surface, this may seem as an innocuous question. In reality, though, it is rife with underlying social and even ethical consequences.
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News (USA)
Show the world who you are #ProudToBe with YouTube
For Pride, YouTube is now pitching itself as “a place where anyone can belong no matter who they are or who they love.”
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News (World)
Dad arrested for trying to kill his ‘monster’ intersex baby repeatedly
The man tried to kill his newborn baby three times with the help of the child’s grandfather.
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News (USA)
Lawsuit requests 3rd option besides “male” and “female” on passport
Lambda Legal announced the lawsuit Monday on behalf of Dana Zzyym, who is intersex.
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Life
Intersex surgeries spark move away from drastic surgical treatments
She was born to a young Chicago couple, named Jennifer, and grew into a beautiful long-lashed child with wavy dark hair, big brown eyes and a yearning, youthful desire to be just like all the other girls. Only she wasn’t…
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Commentary
Intersex Awareness Day calls attention to an often ignored, misunderstood community
Today is Intersex Awareness Day, an internationally observed civil awareness day designed to highlight the challenges faced by intersex people. It is often the case that the intersex community gets ignored, mis-categorized, or simply misunderstood. Worse still, intersex people are often denied even the basic right to self-definition, information, and knowledge and are sometimes forced to undergo medical and psychological procedures that damage and traumatize them for life.
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News (USA)
Hundreds rally at Chicago’s first transgender pride event
CHICAGO — Nearly 300 people attended Chicago’s first transgender, gender-non-conforming and intersex pride event, held at Union Park Sunday. The intention of the rally was to focus on the theme of “enterprising from the margins,” highlighting community driven efforts to create safe spaces and support among the TGI community.
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News (USA)
2011 marks advances in rights, visibility of transgender and intersex people
Continuing a series of posts on the significant developments in the LGBT community in 2011, there were numerous advances around the world in the rights and visibility of transgender and intersex people.
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News (World)
Australia town believed to have elected world’s first intersex mayor
Believed to be the world’s first intersex mayor, Councillor Tony Briffa has been elected in Australia., winning in the City of Hobsons Bay in the suburbs of Melbourne at the end of November.