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Activists and allies have set the date for the first annual Intersex Day of Awareness. Based upon participant voting at our central planning hub http://www.intersex-awareness-day.org, the historic event will occur on October 26, 2004. This date commemorates the action that took place outside of the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Boston on October 26, 1996. On that day, ISNA supporters holding the banner "Hermaphrodites With Attitude" and our allies with the Transexual Menace brought attention to the travesty of intersex genital mutilation. The ensuing media coverage made it difficult for the medical establishment to ignore the growing intersex movement.
Intersex Awareness Day is being planned under the umbrella of the Intersex Awareness Day Consortium. A central clearinghouse website for planning purposes has been set up at http://www.intersex-awareness-day.org. At that site, you can see what is happening in your area and sign up for our listserv to help plan this important day. Some events are also happening beyond October 26 to make this a month long celebration of our diversity.
You can help make this historic event a success by sponsoring events within your local organization or community and by signing on your organization to be a co-sponsor without cost. If you are interested in being a financial sponsor, please contact one of the endorsing organizations.
Some ideas suggested at http://www.intersex-awareness-day.org are rallies, film screenings, and non-violent demonstrations outside of hospitals that do cosmetic genital surgeries on intersex children.
For general information about intersex, please visit http://www.bodieslikeours.org, http://www.intersexinitiative.org, and http://www.isna.org
Posted by Emi on Apr 5, 2004