InterACT series on “What Intersex Awareness Day means to me”
A series of posts on the InterACT blog explore the meaning of Intersex Awareness Day.
North America
Workshop on intersex for U.S. government staff
Advocates for Informed Choice and the Council for Global Equality are holding a workshop for U.S. government employees in Washington, D.C. hosted by USAID.
NYC: InterSEX 101 at Please, Brooklyn
Claudia Astorino, intersex activist and writer, is speaking at an annual Intersex Awareness Day event at Please in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday 25 October.
When Max Beck and Morgan Holmes went to Boston
Morgan Holmes writes on when she and Max Beck went to Boston and put adult faces on intersex cases.
The origins of Intersex Awareness Day
Betsy Driver: the first Intersex Awareness Day took place in 2004. It was two people and an email exchange.
Illumination of Houston City Hall
The City of Houston, Texas, will mark Intersex Awareness Day by lighting the City Hall in lime green, accompanied by a talk at 7pm on Sunday 25 October.
Intersex visibility week in Quebec
In early November 2014, OII-Francophonie held an intersex visibility week.
GLAAD: US video and links for IAD, 2014
Ross Murray at GLAAD posted a range of US links and videos for Intersex Awareness Day, 2014.
Interface Project on IAD 2014
Jim Ambrose of The Interface Project posted an article on “So, It’s Intersex Awareness Day and What Have We Done?” It combines historical analysis with a discussion of recent events.
Human Rights Commission event, Mexico City, 2014
On October 31, 2014, the Human Rights Commission of the Federal District, Mexico, held a forum on “Inter Visibilidad, Visibility Intersex”.
Intersexionality: NYC event on Intersex Awareness Day
Claudia Astorino and musician Dalea Rundblad spoke at Bluestockings Bookstore on October 22, 2014, followed by an event at New York University on October 24.
AIC guest post on IAD for GLAAD, 2013
Anne Tamar-Mattis, Executive Director of Advocates for Informed Choice (now InterACT), wrote a guest post at GLAAD, reviewing recent US and international developments.