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.
Regions
Symbols
Popular or common symbols and flags used by intersex people to represent intersex and intersex people include the intersex flag, the orchid, and representations of sex chromosomes.
Australian Senate report on health and well-being
On 25 October 2013, the Senate of Australia’s Community Affairs Committee published a landmark report, entitled “Involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people in Australia”. It contains 15 recommendations to improve the health and well-being of intersex people.
Intersex Awareness Day event at UC Davis
On 23 October 2013, Hida Viloria spoke at UC Davis’s LGBTQIA Pride Week, preceded by a screening of Orchids: My Intersex Adventure.
Launch of “What we wish our doctors knew”
AIC (now InterACT) launched a brochure on “What we wish our doctors knew” for Intersex Awareness Day 2012, written by the youth program, InterACT Youth.
South Africa marks Intersex Awareness Day
Nthabiseng Mokoena of Transgender and Intersex Africa (TIA) released a statement marking Intersex Awareness Day in October 2012.
IDR motion passed by NSW Parliament, Australia
On 29 May 2012, the Legislative Assembly (lower house) of the New South Wales State Parliament passed a motion marking IDR, proposed by Linda Burney, the first Aboriginal person elected to the State Parliament.
NYU workshop
On Friday 28 October 2011, NYU LGBTQ Student Center held an Intersex Awareness Day event with Claudia Astorino and Tricia Madison.
The 14 Days of Intersex (Australia)
Gina Wilson, president of OII Australia in 2011, marked “14 days of Intersex” between Intersex Awareness Day and Intersex Day of Remembrance in an article for the Star Observer.
Intersex Day of Solidarity
November 8: Intersex Day of Solidarity (IDS), or Intersex Day of Remembrance, marks the birthday of Herculine Barbin, a now famous French intersex person.
Intersex Awareness Day
October 26: Intersex Awareness Day (IAD) marks the first public demonstration by intersex people in North America.
New York Intersex Awareness Day event
NYU LGBTQ Student Center held a first annual Intersex Awareness Day event, with Tricia Madison, Claudia Astorino and Hida Viloria.