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==Landmark lawsuit filed==
==Landmark lawsuit filed==


On May 14th, 2013, [[Advocates for Informed Choice]], [[The Southern Poverty Law Center]], and pro bono counsel for the private law firms of Janet, Jenner & Suggs and [[Steptoe & Johnson LLP]] filed a lawsuit against South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS), [[Greenville Health System]], [[Medical University of South Carolina]] and individual employees for performing an irreversible and medically unnecessary surgery on an infant who was in the state’s care at the time of the surgery.<ref name=Integrity>{{cite web|title=AIC’s Groundbreaking Lawsuit Accuses South Carolina, Doctors and Hospitals of Performing Unnecessary Surgery on Infant|url=http://aiclegal.org/programs/project-integrity/|publisher=Advocates for Informed Choice|accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=SPLC>{{cite news|title=Groundbreaking SPLC lawsuit accuses South Carolina, doctors and hospitals of unnecessary surgery on infant|url=http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/world-our-backyard/2013/may/18/adoptive-parents-sue-over-sons-sex-assignment-surg/|accessdate=22 May 2013|newspaper=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|date=14 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=WashTimes>{{cite news|last=Sesana|first=Laura|title=Adoptive parents sue over son’s sex-assignment surgery|url=http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/world-our-backyard/2013/may/18/adoptive-parents-sue-over-sons-sex-assignment-surg/|accessdate=22 May 2013|newspaper=The Washington Times|date=18 May 2013}}</ref><ref>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/17/1209792/-Sex-change-surgery-performed-on-16-month-old-South-Carolina-child-without-consent</ref><ref>http://www.advocate.com/society/youth/2013/05/14/lawsuit-filed-over-unnecessary-surgery-intersex-baby</ref><ref>http://gawker.com/hospital-sued-for-performing-unneeded-sex-assignment-su-505780577</ref>
On May 14th, 2013, [[Advocates for Informed Choice]], [[The Southern Poverty Law Center]], and pro bono counsel for the private law firms of Janet, Jenner & Suggs and [[Steptoe & Johnson LLP]] filed a lawsuit against South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS), [[Greenville Health System]], [[Medical University of South Carolina]] and individual employees for performing an irreversible and medically unnecessary surgery on an infant who was in the state’s care at the time of the surgery.<ref name=Integrity>{{cite web|title=AIC’s Groundbreaking Lawsuit Accuses South Carolina, Doctors and Hospitals of Performing Unnecessary Surgery on Infant|url=http://aiclegal.org/programs/project-integrity/|publisher=Advocates for Informed Choice|accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=SPLC>{{cite news|title=Groundbreaking SPLC lawsuit accuses South Carolina, doctors and hospitals of unnecessary surgery on infant|url=http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/world-our-backyard/2013/may/18/adoptive-parents-sue-over-sons-sex-assignment-surg/|accessdate=22 May 2013|newspaper=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|date=14 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=WashTimes>{{cite news|last=Sesana|first=Laura|title=Adoptive parents sue over son’s sex-assignment surgery|url=http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/world-our-backyard/2013/may/18/adoptive-parents-sue-over-sons-sex-assignment-surg/|accessdate=22 May 2013|newspaper=The Washington Times|date=18 May 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/17/1209792/-Sex-change-surgery-performed-on-16-month-old-South-Carolina-child-without-consent Daily Kos: Sex change surgery performed on 16-month-old South Carolina child without consent]</ref><ref>[http://www.advocate.com/society/youth/2013/05/14/lawsuit-filed-over-unnecessary-surgery-intersex-baby Lawsuit Filed Over Unnecessary Surgery on Intersex Baby | Advocate.com</ref><ref>[http://gawker.com/hospital-sued-for-performing-unneeded-sex-assignment-su-505780577 Hospital Sued For Performing Unneeded Sex-Assignment Surgery on Baby]</ref>


==Executive Director, Anne Tamar-Mattis==
==Executive Director, Anne Tamar-Mattis==


With the support of fellowships from [[Equal Justice Works]] (2006)<ref>http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/node/2069</ref> and [[Echoing Green]] (2008)<ref>http://www.echoinggreen.org/fellows/anne-tamar-mattis</ref> Anne Tamar-Mattis founded [[Advocates for Informed Choice]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Anne Tamar-Mattis: Founder & Executive Director|url=http://aiclegal.org/who-we-are/staff/anne-tamar-mattis/|publisher=Advocates for Informed Choice|accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref><ref>http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/78426</ref> Prior to entering law school Tamar-Mattis was the Program Director for the [[San Francisco LGBT Community Center]] and the National Youth Talkline Director at [http://lyric.org/ Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center].<ref>http://aiclegal.org/who-we-are/staff/anne-tamar-mattis</ref> Anne has been an adjunct professor at the [[University of California, Berkeley School of Law]] since 2008,<ref>http://www.law.berkeley.edu/9180.htm</ref> and in 2011 was elected to the [[American Law Institute]].<ref name=ALI>{{cite web|title=Member Directory|url=http://www.ali.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=directory.viewmembers&startletter=T&stype=1|publisher=[[American Law Institute]]|accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref> Tamar-Mattis's academic publishing career began in her final year of law school when she placed ''Exceptions to the Rule: Curing the Law’s Failure to Protect Intersex Infants'' in the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law and Justice.<ref>http://aiclegal.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/exceptions-to-the-rule-curing-the-laws-failure-to-protect-intersex-infants1.pdf</ref>
With the support of fellowships from [[Equal Justice Works]] (2006)<ref>[http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/node/2069 Anne Tamar-Mattis | Equal Justice Works]</ref> and [[Echoing Green]] (2008)<ref>[http://www.echoinggreen.org/fellows/anne-tamar-mattis Anne Tamar-Mattis | Echoing Green]</ref> Anne Tamar-Mattis founded [[Advocates for Informed Choice]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Anne Tamar-Mattis: Founder & Executive Director|url=http://aiclegal.org/who-we-are/staff/anne-tamar-mattis/|publisher=Advocates for Informed Choice|accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/78426 Against the Grain - March 5, 2012 at 12:00pm | KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley: Listener Sponsored Free Speech Radio]</ref> Prior to entering law school Tamar-Mattis was the Program Director for the [[San Francisco LGBT Community Center]] and the National Youth Talkline Director at [http://lyric.org/ Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center].<ref>[http://aiclegal.org/who-we-are/staff/anne-tamar-mattis Anne Tamar-Mattis | Advocates for Informed Choice]</ref> Anne has been an adjunct professor at the [[University of California, Berkeley School of Law]] since 2008,<ref>[http://www.law.berkeley.edu/9180.htm Berkeley Law - News Archive]</ref> and in 2011 was elected to the [[American Law Institute]].<ref name=ALI>{{cite web|title=Member Directory|url=http://www.ali.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=directory.viewmembers&startletter=T&stype=1|publisher=[[American Law Institute]]|accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref> Tamar-Mattis's academic publishing career began in her final year of law school when she placed ''Exceptions to the Rule: Curing the Law’s Failure to Protect Intersex Infants'' in the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law and Justice.<ref>http://aiclegal.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/exceptions-to-the-rule-curing-the-laws-failure-to-protect-intersex-infants1.pdf</ref>


==Inter/Act==
==Inter/Act==
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==The Interface Project==
==The Interface Project==


Based in [[Missoula, Montana]] The Interface Project gathers personal stories of real people living with [[intersex]] conditions/traits or [[differences of sex development]] (DSD) to spread the message, "No Body Is Shameful."™<ref>{{cite web|title=Interface Project: No Body is Shameful|url=http://www.interfaceproject.org|accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref> Through its fiscal sponsor, [[Advocates for Informed Choice]], The Interface Project is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit.<ref>http://www.interfaceproject.org/support-us/</ref>
Based in [[Missoula, Montana]] The Interface Project gathers personal stories of real people living with [[intersex]] conditions/traits or [[differences of sex development]] (DSD) to spread the message, "No Body Is Shameful."™<ref>{{cite web|title=Interface Project: No Body is Shameful|url=http://www.interfaceproject.org|accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref> Through its fiscal sponsor, [[Advocates for Informed Choice]], The Interface Project is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit.<ref>[http://www.interfaceproject.org/support-us/ Donate! — Interface Project]</ref>


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 19:28, 28 May 2013

Advocates for Informed Choice
Founded2006
FounderAnne Tamar-Mattis
Focuscivil rights advocacy
Location
Area served
 United States
Key people
Anne Tamar-Mattis
(Executive Director), Kimberly Zieselman
Websiteaiclegal.org

Advocates for Informed Choice (AIC) is a nonprofit organization working for the civil rights of children born with intersex conditions/traits or differences of sex development (DSD), and their families. Founded in 2006, and based in Sonoma County, California, AIC is the first organization in the U.S. to use innovative legal strategies to advocate for the civil rights of children born with variations of reproductive or sexual anatomy.[1][2] Other issues of focus are informed consent, insurance, identity documents, school accommodation, discrimination, medical records retrieval, adoption, military service, medical privacy, refugee asylum and wider international human rights.[3][4]

Landmark lawsuit filed

On May 14th, 2013, Advocates for Informed Choice, The Southern Poverty Law Center, and pro bono counsel for the private law firms of Janet, Jenner & Suggs and Steptoe & Johnson LLP filed a lawsuit against South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS), Greenville Health System, Medical University of South Carolina and individual employees for performing an irreversible and medically unnecessary surgery on an infant who was in the state’s care at the time of the surgery.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Executive Director, Anne Tamar-Mattis

With the support of fellowships from Equal Justice Works (2006)[11] and Echoing Green (2008)[12] Anne Tamar-Mattis founded Advocates for Informed Choice.[13][14] Prior to entering law school Tamar-Mattis was the Program Director for the San Francisco LGBT Community Center and the National Youth Talkline Director at Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center.[15] Anne has been an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law since 2008,[16] and in 2011 was elected to the American Law Institute.[17] Tamar-Mattis's academic publishing career began in her final year of law school when she placed Exceptions to the Rule: Curing the Law’s Failure to Protect Intersex Infants in the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law and Justice.[18]

Inter/Act

Inter/Act is a space for young people with intersex conditions/traits or differences of sex development (DSD) to come together, express themselves, and unite their individual stories to develop a voice for a new generation.[19] Inter/Act works to provide tomorrow's scholars and advocates a platform for their vital perspectives. A product of this work entitled "What We Wish Our Doctors Knew"[20] is the first of its kind: Intersex youth talking back to medical providers and caregivers. Inter/Act is a project of Advocates for Informed Choice and is funded in part by the Ms. Foundation.

The Interface Project

Based in Missoula, Montana The Interface Project gathers personal stories of real people living with intersex conditions/traits or differences of sex development (DSD) to spread the message, "No Body Is Shameful."™[21] Through its fiscal sponsor, Advocates for Informed Choice, The Interface Project is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit.[22]

References

  1. ^ "AIC: Who we are". Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  2. ^ Tamar-Mattis, Anne (19). "Sterilization and Minors with Intersex Conditions in California Law". California Law Review. Retrieved 15 November 2012. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "AIC: What we do". Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. ^ Tamar-Mattis, Anne (2012-12-10). "Report to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture: Medical Treatment of People with Intersex Conditions as Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment" (PDF) (Press release). AIC. Retrieved 2013-05-23. {{cite press release}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  5. ^ "AIC's Groundbreaking Lawsuit Accuses South Carolina, Doctors and Hospitals of Performing Unnecessary Surgery on Infant". Advocates for Informed Choice. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Groundbreaking SPLC lawsuit accuses South Carolina, doctors and hospitals of unnecessary surgery on infant". Southern Poverty Law Center. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  7. ^ Sesana, Laura (18 May 2013). "Adoptive parents sue over son's sex-assignment surgery". The Washington Times. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  8. ^ Daily Kos: Sex change surgery performed on 16-month-old South Carolina child without consent
  9. ^ [http://www.advocate.com/society/youth/2013/05/14/lawsuit-filed-over-unnecessary-surgery-intersex-baby Lawsuit Filed Over Unnecessary Surgery on Intersex Baby | Advocate.com
  10. ^ Hospital Sued For Performing Unneeded Sex-Assignment Surgery on Baby
  11. ^ Anne Tamar-Mattis | Equal Justice Works
  12. ^ Anne Tamar-Mattis | Echoing Green
  13. ^ "Anne Tamar-Mattis: Founder & Executive Director". Advocates for Informed Choice. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  14. ^ Against the Grain - March 5, 2012 at 12:00pm | KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley: Listener Sponsored Free Speech Radio
  15. ^ Anne Tamar-Mattis | Advocates for Informed Choice
  16. ^ Berkeley Law - News Archive
  17. ^ "Member Directory". American Law Institute. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  18. ^ http://aiclegal.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/exceptions-to-the-rule-curing-the-laws-failure-to-protect-intersex-infants1.pdf
  19. ^ "Inter/Act tumblr page". Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  20. ^ http://aiclegal.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/interact_ms-updated.pdf
  21. ^ "Interface Project: No Body is Shameful". Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  22. ^ Donate! — Interface Project
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