Intersex Awareness Day, observed internationally each year on October 26, is a grassroots day of education and activism dedicated to highlighting human rights, self-determination, and bodily autonomy for intersex individuals. Commemorating the first public demonstration by intersex activists in Boston on October 26, 1996, the observance aims to challenge medical stigma, promote dignity, and call … Read more
interACT’s Youth Advocacy program creates opportunities for intersex young people to build advocacy skills. For 2026, we’re launching a regional DMV (DC/Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) cohort to create more opportunities for in-person connection, community-building, lobbying, and civic engagement among local intersex youth. interACT Youth alumni have gone on to do incredible things, from producing films … Read more
The SOGIE Center at UConn have released a new guide for behavioral health and other service providers on serving intersex children and adolescents and their families. The guide includes: The report details how discriminatory policies targeting transgender children and their access to healthcare also cause specific harms to people with intersex variations. Click here to download … Read more
When their daughter Rosie was born, Eric and Stephani Lohman found themselves thrust into a situation they were not prepared for. Born intersex – a term that describes people who are born with a variety of physical characteristics that do not fit neatly into traditional conceptions about male and female bodies – Rosie’s parents were … Read more