Intersex News Updates:

This page links to recent news of general interest to the intersex community.  This running log of news will also serve as a window into areas of media focus and public interest regarding intersex issues during each year. Let us know if you hear of news to include in this list. We include news that is both about intersex and which has much relevance to issues affecting those who are intersexed.

Archives available 2002 - 2005 at: Click here   2007:  Click here     

2009

OII's News Service is now more complete and on a separate blog:  Click here

January

• Genetic Screening
  

• An open letter to Iain Morland
  

• Is the Equality and Human Rights Commission trying to “forget” trans people?
  

• Indians campaign for 'third sex'
  

• OII Demostrates before the UN in Geneva, Switzerland
  

• Antony and the Johnsons THE CRYING LIGHT
  

• Did Alice write that? What?
  

• Gender Identity Disorder in Childhood: Inconclusive Advice to Parents by Alice Dreger
  

• WHEN SHE BECOMES HE (ON WHY IT WAS GRANTED)
  

• Punishing Difference
  

• Refusing to be classified
  

• Whose Body is it anyway? Hermaphrodites, Gays, and Jews in N. O. Body's Germany
  

• What "Consensus"?
  

• National Intersex and Transgender Rights Organization of Nevada
  

• Dr. Anne Lawrence, DSM V and other agendas
  

• Asexuality and the DSM
  

• New Book: Gender Madness in American Psychiatry, Essays from the Struggle for Dignity", by Kelley Winters, Ph.D.
  

• News from New Zealand
  

• "La Pastora Durrut" of the Maquis a heroic story of autonomy.
  

• Dr. Phil Show hosts homochromosexual, Dr. Nicolosi
  

• The self-proclaimed experts on intersex: Zucker and Lawrence
  

• Was Arthur James Balfour (1848 - 1930) intersex?
  

• Euro DSD Project
  

• Honesty at Last (Book review of Fixing Sex by Sophia Siedlberg)
  

• Discordant Alliances
  

• Open letter to the IOC from Kristen Worley
  

• James Johnson (1975 - ) footballer.
  

• Mexican intersex woman sets precedent for privacy for transsexuals on birth certificates
  

• CAF to introduce gender testing
  

• Doctors Urge Puberty Blockers for Children Considering Sex Change
  

• Africa: CAF to Introduce Gender Testing
  

• The Genderfree Manifesto
  

• Shanthi Soundarajan weaving Olympian dreams all over again
  

• Bo Laurent (1956 - ) intersex activist, programmer, translator.
  

• Transkids.us hoax origins: Kiira Triea sockpuppet “Deni”
  

2008

December

• Mill Valley author explores male, female and in between
  

• If there are seven sexes...  Then what am I?
  

• The Role of Medical Language in Changing Public Perceptions of Illness
  

• OII – Responses to Pope's Christmas message
  

• Katrina Karkazis explores the debates affecting how intersexuality is viewed, treated and experienced. (Audio download)
  

• Pope Benedict versus Sophia
  

• Another intersex activist on issues raised by Kiira Triea (aka Denise Tree)
  

• Fixing Sex - A Tour de Force (Book review)
  

• Autogynephilia, a short and simple debunking
  

• Unscientific Blogging
  

• Intersex people - An object of ridicule
  

• When HIPAA does not hurt.
  

• Reports of third sex untrue
  

• Turning The Key On Puberty Regulation
  

• His, her and other sex(es)
  

• Australia’s human rights body considers third gender recognition
  

• Intersex Issues Slowly Gaining Visibility
  

• Easing transitions with gender assignment
  

• ILGA adds intersex to its name
  

• Translating Intersex
  

• Intersex Baby: A Parent's Worst Nightmare
  

• Androgyny: new look among youth
  

• What Value are Twin Studies?
  

• Mater Salmacis Solanas, Amyn! (commentary about gender bending chemicals and evolution)
  

• It's official: Men really are the weaker sex
  

• Leading article: Decline of the real man is no joke
  

• Evolution under threat as 'gender bending' chemicals are turning males into females
  

• A Lifestyle Distinct: The Muxe of Mexico
  

• Editorial: Sex is a Social Construction
  

• Pakistan Should Recognize Intersex Gender
  

• Psychiatric Politics: Who's lobbying Who at the APA? Apotemnophilia or Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID)
  

• Just leave this alone now
  

• Masculine, Feminine, or >?
  

• Australia rights body wants "intersex" gender: report
  

• Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission pushes for third 'intersex' gender
  

• Government human rights arm pushes for third gender
  

• Hearing to Highlight Issues Faced by LGBT People in California Prisons
  

• The last castrato [Book review]
  

• Psychiatric Politics: Look Who's lobbying Who down at the APA?
  

• DES’s Other Daughters: Neglected Evidence of Prenatal Gender Development
  

• Atlanta's Intersex Police Officer Seeks Awareness
  

• I am out of the box
  

November

• OII now available in Chinese
  

• Atlanta’s Intersex Police Officer Seeks Awareness
  

• Androgynies hide their secrets somewhere deep inside
  

• The Portman Clinic and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health: eugenic hotbeds
  

• Waah! Nigeria Loses To Equatorial Guinea
  

• Falcons protest alleged hermaphrodite in E' Guinean team
  

• Questions as fumbling Falcons play today
  

• Increased Estrogen Rather Than Decreased Androgen Action Is Associated with Longer Androgen Receptor CAG Repeats
  

• The Quacks and Journalists who would be Vivi-sexuals.
  

• Doctors re-identify intersex child’s gender
  

• Hairspray is linked to common genital birth defect, says study
  

• Female Embryonic Sexual Development Driven By Universal Factor
  

• Two From One-Pitt Research Maps Out Evolution of Genders From Hermaphroditic Ancestors
  

• Now, gender tests for women lifters
  

• Gender diversity: A Transsexual Woman’s view of Sexism
  

• Coalitions are not safe spaces
  

• Nepal's highest court confirms full rights for LGBTI people
  

• “JT LeRoy,” “Danny Ryan,” and “transkid” hoaxes
  

• No on Prop 8 rally. David Cameron, OII-USA Spokesperson for Human Rights
  

• An Intersex Mynifesto
  

• OII’s Statement of Dissent
  

• Remembering Two-Spirits this Thanksgiving
  

• Nepal MP speaks for rights of sexual minorities
  

• Obama Yay: No Discrimination in Hiring
  

• Solidarity expressed by the Neurodiversity Movement with the Intersex Community
  

• Request for participants in research on forgiveness
  

• New book on intersex by Katrina Karkazis, PhD.  Click here for more details
  

• Protest Genital Cosmetic Surgery!
  

• For some babies, gender is neither pink nor blue  Listen to podcast: Click here
  

• Posters for Intersex Children
  

• Indonesian transgendered find refuge in Islamic school
  

• Dear fatwa council and Malaysians...
  

• Charles Nathaniel Armstrong (1897 - 1998), endocrinologist
  

• Another Piece of the Puzzle
  

• Step forward in treatment of genital abnormalities
  

• Gender, the endocrinologist and the law — boy or girl?
  

• Sexist Medicine
  

• Intersex Solidarity Day – An International Success
  

• Barbin the hermaphrodite
  

• Variant Karyotypes in the Transgender Community
  

• Protesters denounce ruling against tomboys
  

• Nepal’s gay MP crusades for India’s sexual minorities
  

• Misinterpreting Research Results: A Question of Ethics?
  

• Medical decision-making and the child with a DSD
  

• Being Intersex – a history – a state of being -  Tom Odegard/Tom/Ms.G
  

• Confusing Sex with Gender: How Researchers Harm their Subjects
  

• Sex. Gender. Employment Discrimination.
  

• Rights activists protest harassment of eunuchs by police
  

• OII launches website in Chinese as part of Intersex Solidarity Day celebrations
  

• Observation of a "Press to avoid Stagnation".
  

• Dear Mr. President
  

• Hermaphrodite child can choose gender
  

• In their scarred world... (India)
  

• REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES VS. JENNIFER B. CAGANDAHAN
  

• Transfigurations Trans Bible Stories    (Scroll down to the bottom of the page)
  

• All I ever wanted
  

• GendersInX November Newsletter
  

• Art work by Joëlle-Circé Laramée, Vice President of OII
  

• Mighty hermaphrodite
  

• Multiple sex or gender identity
  

October

• MALE, INTERRUPTED
  

• The molecular genetics of human sex determination (Intersex variations up to 40% of the population)
  

• Web Statistics, and "Guardian co dot uk."
  

• Living with P.A.I.S.
  

• Marriage announcement ofDavid Cameron Strachan (Human Rights Spokesperson for OII) and Peter Samuel Tannen  (scroll down to near the bottom of the article)
  

• Speaker addresses issues surrounding intersexuality  Commentary on this article from Sophia Siedlberg:Click here
  

• Transsexual "gene"?
  

• Disordered Identities, Disaffirmed Childhood
  

• India: Stop Abuse of Sexual Rights Activists
  

• Intersex : a challenge for human rights and citizenship rights
  

• The notion that 'Western man has stopped evolving' is wrong
  

• Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (1926 - 2003) academic.
  

• Caroline Cossey (1954 - ) model.
  

• "Mysterious" drive against eunuchs triggers health concerns
  

• Lecture examines link between biology and sexuality
  

• Authorities to check activities of Eunuchs during festivals
  

• Scientists find a gene for the transsexual experience
  

• German's decide, Full-body airport scanner "nonsense?"
  

• Miles to go for equal treatment (Hijras)
  

• Dr. Tom Lyons Advocates Creation of Neo-Vagina in MRKH Six Weeks Before Sexual Activity Commences
  

• Gender, Race & 2008 Presidential Politics
  

• Manifesto of the Pan-Canadian Young Feminist Gathering
  

• A brief warning to little people
  

• Simeon Solomon (1840 - 1905) painter of androgynes
  

• Variant of Normal: 47XXY Mosaic - Klinefelter's Syndrome Explained
  

• I am an Evil Intersex Acivist. (Commentary of Julie Bindel and Stonewall-UK)
  

• Stonegate Oct 21
  

• Stonegate - Oct. 20
  

• Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act
  

• Cooperative Community not a Stonewalling
  

• The Stonewall Migraine
  

• Two-Sprit Funding
  

• I'm 80% Girl, 20% Boy
  

• What makes a man
  

• The Conflict of Disinterest (Commentary on Julie Bindel's nomination for a Stonewall Award)
  

• What is gender identity?
  

• Stonewalled: An Intersex Perspective (Commentary and opinion written by Sophia Siedlberg)
  

• Hermaphrodite child can choose gender
  

• New insights into SRY regulation through identification of 5' conserved sequences
  

• Stuck between ‘he’ and ‘she’
  

• Euro DSD, Bindell and the gloves are off!
  

• Where have Kerala’s Hijras gone?
  

• LGBTQI
  

• Sexual dysfunction: Denied job, woman moves Delhi HC
  

• Transgender Candidate Who Ran as Woman Did Not Mislead Voters, Court Says More information: Click here
  

• Georgia transgender politician wins legal battle   More information: Click here
  

• David Reimer-born a boy raised a girl
  

• Gender Roles: As a Matter of Sex
  

• Rushing encourages support for transgender, intersex community
  

• Transgender, Intersex; Mind, Body
  

September

• Judge: Federal Sex Discrimination Statute Applies to Transgendered
  

• From Perversion to Pathology (This document has information on intersex in the middle) Islamic view on trans and intersex
  

• The Inquisition survives by having been transformed into a fear of "othernerss", maintains Muñiz-Huberman
  

• Name and gender change (Philippines)
  

• Male? Female? Yes. No. Maybe.
  

• In Conservative Nepal, a Tribune for the ‘Third Gender’ Speaks Out
  

• Eunuchs of India - Deprived of Human Rights
  

• Convict with double sex organs allowed check up
  

• Call him Jeff, says SC; he used to be called Jennifer
  

• Woman's body has become male
  

• SC ruling: 27-year-old ‘woman’ is ‘male’
  

• "XXY" banned in South Africa as child pornography
  

• Prostate Screening in Patients With 46,XY Disorders of Sex Development-Is it Necessary? - Abstract
  

• Sins Invalid Tackles Misperceptions Of Disability & Sexuality
  

• Christiane Völling wins her case against surgeon
  

• Kenya: My Rights Abused, Says Double-Sex Prisoner
  

August

• The Philosophical Questions about Genetics and Intersex
  

• The truth about Human Nature
  

• Lennox Broster (1888 - 1965) pioneering surgeon.
  

• Hermaphrodite baby’s mother calls for help (WARNING: explicit photo)
  

• Intersex: I am not Disordered, I am Human
  

• Gender as Discourse
  

• Mark Weston (1906 - ?) shot-putter and javelin thrower.
  

• A Blurry Line Can Divide Male and Female Athletes   Commentary on this article by Curtis E. Hinkle
  

• The Runner's Secret
  

• Heteronormativity
  

• The Socio-medical Emergency Monologues
  

• Ambiguous Medicine and Sexist Genetics: A Critique of the DSD Nomenclature
  

• Fux off, Jarrett and Drew!
  

• Educating for Trans, Transsexual, and Intersex Access and Inclusion to Sexual Assault Centres
  

• Women With Male DNA All Female       Commentary on this article by Curtis E. Hinkle, Founder of OII
  

• I got your Message! (Commentary on Sexism and the Olympics from Sophia Siedlberg)
  

• Intersex Elder, David Cameron Strachan, receives Award for Volunteer Activism
  

• XY fertile human females
  

• Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) conflates transsexualism with intersex variations
  

• Pink or Blue?  Humanity's true colours
  

• Open letter to Gilles Déry from Kristen Worley
  

• The XY Games
  

• OII-Germany online with new website
  

• Open letter to Alice Dreger
  

July

• IOC Plays Name That Gender?
  

• Bearded lady: from carnival freak to intersex forebearer
  

• OII Denounces 'Sex Tests'
  

• Beijing sets up sex determination lab for Olympics
  

• Beijing Olympics: women athletes face gender tests
  

• Chinese to check athletes' genders at Beijing Olympics
  

• Bold stand
  

• Boy or girl? India's hermaphrodites slowly fit in
  

• I do not have a Disorder
  

• Holding Respect For the Rainbow – Thoughts on Person Centred Gender
  

• Bells for all genders - Article about Joëlle-Circé Laramée's Wedding - Joëlle is Vice President of OII
  

• Shadow Report CEDAW 2008
  

• Dee Palmer (1937 - ) keyboardist and arranger
  

• Hijdas on Androgyne Online
  

• Telling the Truth about Chromosomes and Karyotypes
  

• The Scientific Abuse of Genetics and Sex Classifications
  

• The Unreliability of Sex testing in Athletics
  

• Couple spends honeymoon in jail because of “mistaken” gender
  

• Activists discuss disability, transgender and intersex experiences 
  

• Some problems with the new terminology for intersex
  

• U.S. laws struggle to keep up with gender advances
  

• Confronting the Perils of Puberty Squared
  

• Why should I be nice? Commentary by Sophia Siedlberg, OII-UK
  

• Boys won't be boys with new gene
  

• Dreger and Bailey and NWSA - Part I
  

• Aussie scientists make genetic discovery
  

• Atlanta police officer comes out as intersex 
  

• Bo Laurent, Accord Alliance or a Giant Discord Alliance?
  

• OII expresses its concerns about the Forum on Genital Cutting
  

• ISNA's documentation as a non-profit leaves more questions for intersex people who feel betrayed
  

June

• Lynn Edward Harris (1950 - ) actor, bookkeeper
  

• ISNA’s legacy of shame and secrecy: The Sextard Movement
  

• Boy or girl? India's hermaphrodites slowly fit in
  

• QUIZ for Bo Laurent - Cheryl Chase (and other aliases)
  

• Bahraini woman wins battle to become a man
  

• Oddball journalist from the UK, DOUG GILLON's article about intersex people and the Olympics: Olympic oddballs
  

• My sex-change ordeal is over!
  

• Bo Laurent and the Accord Alliance: Anonymous Activism for medical interests
  

• David Cameron Strachan receives KQED's unsung local hero award.
  

• Dr. Kenneth J. Zucker e-mail fails to address his statements concerning therapy for "gender dysphoric" children
  

• Reverse Psychology Part 1: "Hontas, See it for What it is"
  

• Would the real Cheryl Chase please stand up?
  

• Zainab's legal battle drags on
  

• Zucker: Manipulation of Young Feminine Boys
  

May

• Intersex Legal Issues Discussion at Cardozo Law School
  

• The Evolutionary Battle of the Sexes: Arms Race or Tug-of-War?
  

• Youthful Possibilities: Review of the film XXY
  

• The Androgynous Pharaoh? Akhenaten had feminine physique
  

• Movies in Brief: 'XXY'
  

• Confronting the Perils of Puberty Squared (Review of the film XXY)     Another review: Click here
  

• Short inverview about the film XXY (Audio file)
  

• Intersex vs. Transgender
  

• A Day in Neverland: The Neverland Essence Narrative and latent homosexuality
  

• Penetrating the stone wall of narcissism
  

• Transsexual Causation, the American Psychiatric Association, and Interpol
  

• Why Zucker, Bailey and Dreger (all part of the Clarke/Northwestern Clique) are so dangerous to intersex kids
  

• A letter to America from Sophia Siedlberg: Click here.  A response from Peter Trinkl: Click here
  

• Speaking of religious bigots
  

• Update on Zucker, Blanchard and the Revision of the DSM
  

• Ken Zucker compares ethnic identity conflict and gender identity conflict   Read Sophia Siedlberg's Response
  

• The 'devolving' of the Y chromosome
  

• XXY - Cruel Summer
  

• Zucker's GID therapy - DSM implications and deflections
  

• Fact Checking Alice Dreger
  

• A Message to the linguistically challenged
  

• Organisation Intersex International: UPCOMING PROJECTS
  

• Ontario Taxpayers being asked to subsidize sex-changes for "men trapped in men's bodies", pathologization of homosexuality and abuse of gender variant children
  

• Kristen Worley, Olympian athlete and OII's Spokeswoman against sexism and discrimination, featured in_Chatelaine Magazine and the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport and Physical_Activity
  

April

• J. Michael Bailey: Smokescreen for Junk Science
  

• A Case Of Mistaken Identity
  

• Hidden history of gay marriage
  

• The Rationing of Rights
  

• Wellington exhibition showcases gender diversity
  

• Self-Determination
  

• Evolutionary Psychology
  

• SPECIAL: OII Investigation - Introduction and Part 1
  

• Children's Hospital Boston Offers "Sex Change" to Adolescents        See: Response to MassResistance.com
  

• SPECIAL: OII Investigation - Part 2
  

• SPECIAL: OII Investigation - Commentary by Sophie Siedlberg     See also: Spread the Kellogisms
  

• SPECIAL: OII Investigation - Commentary by Prof. M. Italiano
  

• SPECIAL: OII Investigation - Part 3
  

• Ziek Ziek Ziekeddy Gynephile
  

March

• Intersex Reality Check by David Cameron Strachan
  

• Responses to Article in the Daily Northwestern about ethics complaint against Alice Dreger
  

• Christiane Völling's legal judgment now online (in German)
  

• New Textbook conflates DSD with Gender Disorders: Sophie Siedlberg's commentary here
  

• DSD (Disorders of sex development): a sexist, classist ideology based on eugenics
  

• How ethical is Northwestern University?  More allegations concerning unethical behavior
  

• Confusion & Fear Over Transgender Children
  

• Third sex gets official status in Tamil Nadu
  

• Five Questions for David Cameron:An Intersex Elder’s View of Aging
  

• Convention on Sexuality Minorities Opens in Bangalore
  

• Intersexuality: Male, Female, & In-Between By Sheng Wang
  

• Postgenderism: Beyond the Gender Binary  Download whole essay: Click here   Read Sophia Siedlberg's review of this essay:  Click here
  

• The Unusual Story of the Pregnant, Bearded Man      Podcast with commentary by Christine Burns
  

• The Hole Show (New book including intersex character)
  

• Sex vs. Gender: Exposing medical dishonesty
  

• Alice Dreger: The violent gender police of intersex and trans identities
  

February

• 'One in 2000' film explores intersex lives
  

• Drs. Bostwick and Martin Reply
  

• Disorders of Sex Development: Improving Care for Affected Persons and Their Families
  

• To read responses from those actually affected by this, i.e. intersex people themselves: Click here
  

• Elizabeth Reis defames and trivializes intersex people
  

• DSD: North American Medical fascism and manufacturing consent
  

• Eunuchs Partner Community Workers To Campaign For Girl Child (Feature)
  

• German Law: Gender Warrior Wins Case Against Surgeon
  

• PRESS RELEASE: Congratulations to Christiane Völling     Auf Deutsch
  

• Report on treatment of trans, gender-nonconforming prisoners announced
  

• New employment opportunities for Nepal’s sexual minorities
  

• Intersex Inclusive Training for Clinicians in Providence, RI
  

• PIFF review: 'XXY'
  

• German Gender-Assignment Case Has Intersexuals Hopeful
  

• Dror Ze'evi on the Sexual Discourses of the Early Modern Ottoman World 
  

• Treestumps and Boomsticks
  

• Gender Identity: A Progressive Vision for Social Change
  

• transkids.us offline, intersex activists respond
  

• is it a boy or girl?!
  

• Double Standards and semi famous names  See also: The ISNA Bull-O-Meter
  

• Academics discuss sports rules for transsexuals, intersexed people
  

• What DSD does for the Intersex Movement.
  

• Ethics charges filed against Alice Dreger and J Michael Bailey
  

• Alice Dreger: The unethical ethicist
  

• Hijras: The aliens of the Pakistani society
  

January

• Identity crisis for India's eunuchs
  

• German woman sues hospital for removing sex organs
  

• The Der Eigene Rugger Blogger: and  The Adams Family Values
  

• Sex change op success for intersexual from Bahrain
  

• Old Habits Die Hard in the New South
  

• HRC plans dialogue with Intersex NZers
  

• Max Beck's meaningful life
  

• OII helping to create inclusive spaces
  

• University to student: No dorm room without costly surgery
  

• Congenital Gender Variations Ribbon
  

• Zucker: Manipulation of Young Feminine Boys
  

• Would the real Cheryl Chase please stand up?
  

• SPECIAL: OII Investigation
  

• Dr. Milton Diamond honored by Intersexuals in Germany
  

• Articles about Christiane Völling's lawsuit
  

• Alice Dreger and Disorders of Sex Development
  

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