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Interact Advocates for Intersex Youth

Index Interact Advocates for Intersex Youth

interACT or interACT Advocates for Intersex Youth, formerly known as Advocates for Informed Choice, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization using innovative strategies to advocate for the legal and human rights of children born with intersex traits. [1]

50 relations: American University, Anne Tamar-Mattis, Ashoka (non-profit organization), Board of directors, Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, Cotati, California, Disorders of sex development, Executive director, Faking It (U.S. TV series), Female genital mutilation, Fiscal sponsorship, Georgiann Davis, Greenville Health System, GuideStar, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Human Rights Watch, Informed consent, Insurance, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Internal Revenue Service, Intersex, Intersex human rights, Intersex medical interventions, Intersex rights in the United States, Kimberly Zieselman, Legal immunity, Legal liability, Liberty Hill Foundation, Mani Mitchell, Massachusetts, Mauro Cabral Grinspan, Medical privacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Motion (legal), Ms. Foundation for Women, MTV, Natasha Jiménez, Nonprofit organization, Paper (magazine), Pidgeon Pagonis, Reid Williams, Settlement (litigation), Southern Poverty Law Center, Steptoe & Johnson, Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, USA Today, Washington College of Law, 501(c)(3) organization.

American University

The American University (AU or American) is a private United Methodist-affiliated research university in Washington, D.C., United States.

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Anne Tamar-Mattis

Anne Tamar-Mattis is an American attorney, human rights advocate, and founder of interACT (formerly Advocates for Informed Choice).

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Ashoka (non-profit organization)

Ashoka (branded Ashoka: Innovators of the Public) is an international organization that promotes social entrepreneurship by affiliating individual social entrepreneurs into the Ashoka organization.

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Board of directors

A board of directors is a recognized group of people who jointly oversee the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit business, nonprofit organization, or a government agency.

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Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law

The Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law (WCL) was founded in 1990 as a way to coordinate all the human rights and humanitarian law activities at WCL.

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Cotati, California

Cotati is an incorporated city in Sonoma County, California, U.S., located about north of San Francisco in the 101 corridor between Rohnert Park and Petaluma.

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Disorders of sex development

Disorders of sex development (DSD), sometimes referred to as disorders of sex differentiation or differences of sex development, are medical conditions involving the reproductive system.

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Executive director

An executive director is a chief executive officer (CEO) or managing director of an organization, company, or corporation.

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Faking It (U.S. TV series)

Faking It is an American single-camera romantic comedy series that premiered on MTV on April 22, 2014, starring Rita Volk, Katie Stevens, Gregg Sulkin, Michael Willett and Bailey De Young.

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Female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia.

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Fiscal sponsorship

Fiscal sponsorship refers to the practice of non-profit organizations offering their legal and tax-exempt status to groups—typically projects—engaged in activities related to the sponsoring organization's mission.

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Georgiann Davis

Georgiann Davis is an assistant professor of sociology at University of Nevada, Las Vegas and author of the book Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis.

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Greenville Health System

Greenville Health System (GHS) is a private not-for-profit entity involved in clinical care, education and research.

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GuideStar

GuideStar USA, Inc. is an information service specializing in reporting on U.S. nonprofit companies.

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Hanne Gaby Odiele

Hanne Gaby Odiele (born 8 October 1987) is a Belgian model, known for her work with various high-profile fashion-industry clients.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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Informed consent

Informed consent is a process for getting permission before conducting a healthcare intervention on a person, or for disclosing personal information.

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Insurance

Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss.

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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the IACHR or, in the three other official languages Spanish, French, and Portuguese CIDH, Comisión Interamericana de los Derechos Humanos, Commission Interaméricaine des Droits de l'Homme, Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos) is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS).

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Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service of the United States federal government.

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Intersex

Intersex people are born with any of several variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies".

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Intersex human rights

Intersex people are born with sex characteristics, such as chromosomes, gonads, or genitals, that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies." Intersex people face stigmatisation and discrimination from birth, particularly when an intersex variation is visible.

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Intersex medical interventions

Intersex medical interventions are surgical, hormonal and other medical interventions performed to modify atypical or ambiguous genitalia and other sex characteristics, primarily for the purposes of making a person's appearance more normal and to reduce the likelihood of future problems.

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Intersex rights in the United States

Intersex people in the United States have some of the same rights as other people, but with significant gaps, particularly in protection from non-consensual cosmetic medical interventions and violence, and protection from discrimination.

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Kimberly Zieselman

Kimberly Zieselman is an attorney, human rights advocate, and intersex woman, with androgen insensitivity syndrome.

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Legal immunity

Legal immunity, or immunity from prosecution, is a legal status wherein an individual or entity can not be held liable for a violation of the law to facilitate societal aims that outweigh the value of imposing liability in such cases.

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Legal liability

In law, liable means "esponsible or answerable in law; legally obligated." Legal liability concerns both civil law and criminal law and can arise from various areas of law, such as contracts, torts, taxes, or fines given by government agencies.

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Liberty Hill Foundation

The Liberty Hill Foundation is a non-profit organization founded by Sarah Pillsbury, heir to the Minnesota Pillsbury baking fortune, along with Anne Mendel, Larry Janss and Win McCormack, in 1976.

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Mani Mitchell

Mani Bruce Mitchell (born 1953) is an intersex activist and counsellor from Wellington, New Zealand.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Mauro Cabral Grinspan

Mauro Cabral Grinspan, also known as Mauro Cabral, is an Argentinian intersex and trans activist, who serves as the executive director of Global Action for Trans* Equality (GATE).

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Medical privacy

Medical privacy or health privacy is the practice of maintaining the security and confidentiality of patient records.

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Medical University of South Carolina

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) opened in Charleston, South Carolina in 1824 as a small private college for the training of physicians.

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Motion (legal)

In United States law, a motion is a procedural device to bring a limited, contested issue before a court for decision.

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Ms. Foundation for Women

The Ms.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City.

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Natasha Jiménez

Natasha Jiménez is a trans and intersex activist and author who is currently the General Coordinator for, the first host of the Intersex Secretariat for ILGA.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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Paper (magazine)

Paper, stylized as PAPER, is a New York City-based independent magazine focusing on fashion, popular culture, nightlife, music, art and film.

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Pidgeon Pagonis

Pidgeon Pagonis (born 1986) is an intersex American activist, writer, artist, and consultant.

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Reid Williams

Reid Williams is a producer and director of films and television shows.

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Settlement (litigation)

In law, a settlement is a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case, reached either before or after court action begins.

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Southern Poverty Law Center

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an American nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation.

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Steptoe & Johnson

Steptoe & Johnson LLP is an international law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Phoenix, London, Brussels and Beijing.

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Sudbury, Massachusetts

Sudbury is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (in case citations, 4th Cir.) is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts.

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USA Today

USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily, middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.

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Washington College of Law

American University Washington College of Law (WCL) is the law school of American University.

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501(c)(3) organization

A 501(c)(3) organization is a corporation, trust, unincorporated association, or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.

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Advocates for Informed Choice.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interact_Advocates_for_Intersex_Youth

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