Advocates for Informed Choice

April 30, 2015

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

Read what fuels one intersex advocate

Sean Saifa Wall, an intersex activist and leader at Advocates for Informed Choice, wrote a reflection in the news and commentary site, Quartz, reflecting on the relationship between his intersex advocacy and his personal life.

March 17, 2015

by Claire Pires, Video and News Strategist

GLAAD @ Work: Tig Notaro, #ATuLado, MTV.com, and more

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March 16, 2015

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

Anti-transgender bills demonstrates need for visibility, understanding for transgender people

Opposition to the Texas anti-transgender bill has come from many corners, including from intersex advocates and Christian organizations.

March 11, 2015

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

Intersex advocates correct and clarify Nightline news report

Last week, Nightline ABC aired a segment in which Advocates for Informed Choice President Sean Saifa Wall courageously confronted his childhood surgeon on a segment of Nightline ABC last week.

September 5, 2014

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

Coming out as intersex...on Facebook

GLAAD is working with the intersex support and advocacy group Advocates for Informed Choice, and their youth and young adult program Inter/Act. One member, Amanda, recently reflected on coming out to friends and family on Facebook as intersex.

April 22, 2014

by Alexandra Bolles, Associate Director, Campaigns & External Engagement

VIDEO: Intersex advocates talk stigma, health care, & family support on HuffPost Live

The four panelists discussed a range of subjects regarding the intersex community, including the experiences of intersex youth and their parents, interacting with medical providers, and more.

March 1, 2014

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

Fox News sort of apologizes, tries to explain 'intersex"

Fox News acknowledged that its jokes about ‘intersex’ were offensive to actual intersex people.

October 26, 2013

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

GUEST POST: October 26 is Intersex Awareness Day

October, 26th 2013 is International Intersex Awareness Day. An estimated one in 2,000 babies is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy and/or a chromosome pattern that does not seem to fit typical definitions of male or female. In recent years, affected adults have begun raising awareness by coming out publicly and questioning the existing model of medical treatment.

Advocates for Informed Choice

Read what fuels one intersex advocate

GLAAD @ Work: Tig Notaro, #ATuLado, MTV.com, and more

Anti-transgender bills demonstrates need for visibility, understanding for transgender people

Intersex advocates correct and clarify Nightline news report

Coming out as intersex...on Facebook

VIDEO: Intersex advocates talk stigma, health care, & family support on HuffPost Live

Fox News sort of apologizes, tries to explain 'intersex"

GUEST POST: October 26 is Intersex Awareness Day

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