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03/19/2010: Petition against exclusion and stigmatisation of intersex athletes by International Olympic Committee
02/18/2010: Controversy Rages over Prenatal Dexamethasone Treatment
09/13/2009: Message from South African Intersex Activist re Caster Semenya case
07/27/2008: Beijing threatens to test Olympic athletes' genetic and chromosomal sex
07/04/2008: Atlanta police officer comes out as intersex
06/27/2008: ISNA closes its doors; Accord Alliance continues to promote changes in medical treatment
10/28/2007: Johns Hopkins study: Vaginal Reconstruction Unnecessary for most women with CAIS
07/26/2007: Alternative to Shame and Secrecy is Possible
06/05/2007: Info for Oprah fans after reading "Middlesex"
05/17/2007: How the Controversy over the "Growth Attenuation" for Children with Severe Developmental Disabilities is Relevant to Intersex Activism
05/03/2007: Request for Input: Frequently Asked Questions about the "DSD" Controversy
11/21/2006: Doctor Disciplined for Removing Healthy Ovaries
04/10/2006: From Intersex to DSD: Read Emi Koyama's Keynote Speech
10/23/2005: Parents vs. the State in Teen's Cancer Treatment
10/07/2005: Activists and Professionals Call for A New Classification System for Intersex
09/21/2005: Diagnoses for Women with XY Karyotype Unreliable
09/17/2005: Non-Disclosure of CAIS Diagnosis is No Longer Acceptable
06/02/2005: "Non-Medical Reasons" for Early Surgery: Unproven and Unethical
06/02/2005: Media Over-Simplify Reiner's Findings, Confusing Many
06/02/2005: Recent Vaginoplasties: Still Risky Despite Claims to the Contrary
06/01/2005: Ground-Breaking Intersex Film "BOTH" Storms Film Festivals
04/27/2005: NYC Admits to Using Foster Children As Guinea Pigs in AIDS Research
03/28/2005: Post Tubal Ligation Women Lobby for Genuine Informed Consent Statute
02/16/2005: Intersex Activists' Priorities versus Theoretical Correctness
02/02/2005: UCLA's Eric Vilain Expresses Strong Support for the Intersex Movement
02/01/2005: BMJ: Women With CAH Cope Well Psychologically
02/01/2005: Israeli Arab Woman Tells Familiar Stories About Being Intersex
01/20/2005: NBC's "Law & Order: SVU" Episode Based on "John/Joan" Case
12/30/2004: Intersex Experts Call For "Culture of Full Disclosure"
12/04/2004: South Africa Considers Intersex Human Rights Legislation
11/18/2004: Alice Dreger Interviewed in Michigan Gay/Lesbian Paper
10/25/2004: Intersex Awareness Day Celebrated Across the Country; Intersex Initiative Hosts Film Event on October 28
10/16/2004: Oregon: Defend Marriage Equality, Stop Constitutional Amendment 36
10/06/2004: Intersex Activists Plan Action at Pediatrics Conference
09/18/2004: Fashionable and Stylish Intersex in The New York Times
09/06/2004: Plan to Make Tax-Funded Research Papers Available to All Benefits Patients
09/05/2004: Intersex Initiative Makes Recommendations for SF Human Rights Commission
08/22/2004: Intersex Prominently Featured in the LGBTI Health Summit
06/26/2004: Breaking News: Some People Believe That We Exist
06/24/2004: Betsy Driver Interviewed in Online Magazine
06/22/2004: Intersex Initiative to Screen "Mani's Story" at N Portland Library
06/16/2004: Welcome Our Law Student Intern Erin, Who Isn't (Yet) Evil
06/13/2004: Unanswered Questions in the Study on Psychological Adjustment of Women with CAH
06/08/2004: Magazine Asks Seven Questions to Alice Dreger
06/08/2004: Slate Magazine Explores Intersex Controversy
06/03/2004: Historic Intersex Human Rights Hearing in San Francisco
06/02/2004: Intersex People "Caught in Crossfire" Between Talk-Show Hosts
05/18/2004: Intersex Activists Speak Out on TV Evening News
05/10/2004: Ian Aaronson at Urology Conference: "Doctors Should Stand In Shame"
05/10/2004: David Reimer Passes Away After Lifelong Struggle With Consequences of John Money's Experiment
04/17/2004: "Most Intersex People Support Surgery" Claim Disputed
04/17/2004: Special Intersex Issue of BJU International Pushes Controversy
04/13/2004: Sex Advice Columnist Ponders on Intersex While Being Intoxicated
04/05/2004: First Annual Intersex Awareness Day Set For October 26
04/02/2004: Intersex Website in French Language Launched
03/28/2004: Religious Right Picks New Enemy: Intersex People
03/23/2004: Harvard University Press Publishes Alice Dreger's Book on Conjoined Twins
03/23/2004: The Journal News Reports Janet Green's Presentation
03/03/2004: Celebrate Marriage Equality in Portland
02/27/2004: Creighton and Liao Call For "Case-by-Case Exploration" in BJU International
02/26/2004: U.S. Premiere of "Being Normal" at SF Asian American Film Fest
02/23/2004: TIME Magazine Does an Intersex Article
02/16/2004: Inclusion of "I" to "LGBT" at San Francisco Pride Recommended
02/06/2004: Gender Assignment vs. Surgery in "Nature"
01/31/2004: Woman Gives Birth to Her MRKH Daughter's Twin Babies
01/30/2004: Pro-Surgery Doctors Continue to Neglect Patients, Refuse Discussion
01/29/2004: Study Questions Sex Change for Children with Cloacal Exstrophy
01/26/2004: J Sevelius to Present Intersex Workshop at UC Berkeley
01/26/2004: Psychiatrist Proposes Legal Remedy Against Forced Treatment
01/03/2004: New Study: Loss of Sensation As Result of Surgery
12/01/2003: Dec. 6: Shameless - An Evening of Performances Reflecting Intersex Experiences
12/01/2003: Information on Intersex Genital Mutilation for V-DAY 2004 Organizers
11/17/2003: Intersex Booklets Available from Intersex Initiative
11/17/2003: Emi Koyama to Speak at Beloit College in Wisconsin
11/17/2003: Controversial UCLA Researcher Interviewed on CBC Science Program
11/15/2003: Emi Responds to Bourdieuan Analysis of Intersex Treatment
11/04/2003: Intersex Initiative to Present at Creating Change Conference in Miami
10/21/2003: Reuters Report About the UCLA "Brain Sex" Study Baseless
10/16/2003: Help Plan the "Intersex Awareness Day" for 2004 and Beyond
10/10/2003: SUNY Sexologist Defends John Money, Attacks ISNA
10/06/2003: New Research Shows Damages Caused by Feminizing Genitoplasty
10/05/2003: Send Intersex Initiative to NGLTF's Creating Change 2003
10/03/2003: Prenatal Diagnosis of Partial Mixed Gonadal Dysgenesis
09/30/2003: ISNA Clarifies Its Role in Research Projects
09/24/2003: ALERT: Intersex Activists and Supporters to Protest Live Mutilation Show
09/20/2003: Experts in Transgender Medicine Show Some Interest in Intersex
09/20/2003: Washington Times is Confused about What We Are Criticizing
09/19/2003: "Intersex Initiative Japan" Website Launched
09/17/2003: Reuters Story About Post-Vaginoplasty Sexual Function Misleading
09/10/2003: Intersex Article in San Diego Union-Tribune
09/07/2003: British Surgeons call for Less Drastic Treatment for Intersex Children
09/03/2003: Intersex People As "Saviours of Humankind"?
09/01/2003: Groundbreaking Japanese Comic Depicts Intersex
08/30/2003: Hastings Center Report Features A Discussion Over Informed Consent and Cultural Values
08/24/2003: New England Journal of Medicine Acknowledges the Impact of Intersex Movement
08/19/2003: Intersex Births Almost As Bad As Perinatal Death?
07/29/2003: Intersex Initiative Corrects Associated Press on "Hermaphrodite" Language Usage
07/25/2003: Intersex Initiative Raises Concerns Over ISNA's Reseach Project
07/25/2003: FDA Approves Injecting Growth Hormone for Healthy, Short Children
07/18/2003: Alice Dreger Comments on Surgical Separation of Conjoined Twins
07/17/2003: Doctors Debate Potential Sexual Damage of Clitoral Surgery in The Lancet
07/17/2003: Doctors Receive $1.2 mil to Study "What's Wrong With Intersex"
07/13/2003: Early Detection of Swyer's: How Should We Use the Information?
07/10/2003: CAIS Women's Sexual Problem Not Just Physiological
07/08/2003: Conjoined Twin "Tragedy": Was Ladan Bijani Murdered?
07/08/2003: Double Standard and Eugenic Impulse in the Embryo Research Debate
07/07/2003: Oregon Begins Mandatory Screening for CAH
06/30/2003: Intersex Information Censored at Public Libraries?
06/10/2003: Register for "Intersex Studies" Course at Portland State!
06/09/2003: NYC Panel to Debate Intersex Treatment
06/04/2003: Bodies Like Ours Names New Director
05/21/2003: "Maclean's" Magazine Explores Intersexuality
05/16/2003: Intersex Workshop at Olympia Sex Conference
05/11/2003: Intersex Initiative Presents at Oregon State University
05/03/2003: Girlfriends Magazine Interviews Intersex Activists
04/27/2003: "Doctor's Orders: Parents and the Intersexed Children" by Ellen Feder
04/24/2003: Disability Studies Theorist Speaks About the Ethics of "Surgically Shaping" Children
04/24/2003: Bodies Like Ours Celebrates One-Year Since Becoming A Non-Profit Org
04/20/2003: "The Onion" Parody Almost Realistic for Intersex Children
04/20/2003: ipdx to Present at Reed College on April 24
04/20/2003: Emi Koyama to Speak at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts on April 22
04/13/2003: Intersex Group Adopts Weblog Technologies, Creative Commons License to Syndicate News
04/12/2003: Intersex Initiative Releases "Speaker's Handbook"
04/12/2003: Intersex Initiative Launches Speaker's Bureau
04/11/2003: New Intersex Documentary "Mani's Story" Aired in NZ
04/11/2003: Eugenides wins Pulitzer for "Middlesex"
04/11/2003: ipdx Featured in Portland State University Campus Newspaper
04/11/2003: ipdx Takes Part in Olympia Sex Conference
04/11/2003: ipdx Presentation at Oregon State University on May 12
04/11/2003: New Study Shows Adverse Sexual Outcomes for Clitoral Surgery
04/11/2003: ipdx Director to Speak at Take Back the Night at Western Washington University on April 17
04/11/2003: "Intersex Studies" Course Offered at Portland State University
01/31/2003: Intersex Teaching Article Published in Women's Studies Quarterly
01/24/2003: News: ipdx Featured in "Just Out" Newsmagazine