interACT

10/07/2026

Bodily autonomy means 🌟EVERYONE 🌟

This Inters*x Awareness Day, join us for a virtual celebration and movement crossover, bringing together cultural workers across reproductive justice, FGM/C, inters*x, and trans movements.

interACT and SLIM (Strategy Lab for Inters*x Movements) invite you to spend time together for the 30th anniversary of the inters*x movement’s special day.

How can we create a world with bodily autonomy for all of us? We'll start with a group embodiment practice led by Sean Saifa Wall. Then we'll hear from Yamani of Groundswell Fund, Mariah Ayscue, Mariya of Sahiyo Voices, and Raquel Willis of Gender Liberation Movement, plus announce new projects with more opportunities for future collaboration.

Together, we’ll explore group embodiment, inters*x movement history, and resistance to medical violence.
🗓 October 26 | 7PM EST
🗣️ English and Español
💻 Register at fnd.us/inter2026

Register online + pay what you can to support inters*x work. Need a free ticket? Email [email protected].

10/01/2026

This is a MAJOR WIN for inters*x and trans people in California!

The law prohibits health plans and insurers from discriminating against individuals on the basis of s*x, including inters*x traits.

It ensures that inters*x and trans patients cannot be denied coverage for medically necessary healthcare, including gender-affirming care.

At a time when the systematic erosion of LGBTQI+ rights
has emerged as a federal policy priority, this law is a protection against escalating healthcare attacks.

Among the last bills outgoing Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law this year was legislation to protect inters*x youth and adults, as well as transgender and nonbinary people, from being denied benefits by health insurance companies licensed in the state of California.

10/01/2026

Dakota West was told by Kansas to give up her driver's license.

The day before, the legislature had passed a law that required all state-issued licenses reflect drivers’ s*x at birth. “Your current credential will be invalid immediately,” the letter said.

She was born inters*x and lived as a girl since childhood. Now, if she wanted to keep driving, she needed a license that said male.

She's suing with the ACLU, with support from interACT.
“I hope the judge sees I’m a person,” West said. “I’m just a girl trying to have a life like everybody else.”

Plaintiffs are expected to testify this week about the negative effects of carrying identification that doesn’t match how they look and feel.

09/23/2026

The School Climate Survey is open through October 7th - make sure inters*x student voices are heard!

The National School Climate Survey aims to capture the experiences of youth who are LGBTQIA2S+ or questioning in schools across the country.

09/15/2026

1996 and 2026. Same banner, different worlds. Thank you to NLGJA - The Association of LGBTQ Journalists for hosting an inters*x rights talk for journalists.

Bo Laurent, founder of the Inters*x Society of North America, told everyone in the room, "I'm here to recruit you." It's a call to report on inters*x stories. To listen to inters*x voices and put them in the headlines. To hear that inters*x ge***al mutilation continues today, and treat it as the front-page emergency it is.

NYT Editor and panel leader Sara Bonisteel told her fellow editors and journalists, "We love a good story, and inters*x lives touch on so many." From medical harm to questions of privacy and consent, to how government agencies contend with definitions that miss the nuance of biology and nature—don't miss these stories.

The banner is a powerful reminder of where our movement started, and our vision for the future: an end to all forced and coercive surgeries on inters*x kids, and bodily autonomy for everyone.

Note: Most people now use the terms "Inters*x," "Differences of S*x Development," or simply their diagnosed condition. "Hermaphrodite" is generally considered a slur and should not be used, unless referring to someone who reclaimed this slur and uses it to describe themself (or this beautiful banner!)

09/07/2026

In interACT’s early years, we did something that had felt impossible at the time: A hospital apologized, directly, in writing, to an inters*x person.

The effort took months and immense courage from the person who initiated it. It was a powerful moment, and we knew more change would follow.

The world looks different now. Inters*x awareness has grown. More parents are listening to inters*x people, and more doctors are standing up for inters*x children. Inters*x young people have built a powerful voice.

Still, inters*x children undergo medically unnecessary interventions without their consent, and many grow up without the information, community, and support they deserve.

The harm is especially urgent now.

Policies create new, rigid definitions of s*x that erase inters*x people—while continuing to permit nonconsensual surgeries on inters*x children.

As interACT enters its next 20 years, our vision remains clear: a future in which every inters*x child is raised with love and without shame, and every inters*x person’s bodily autonomy is respected.

If that’s your vision too—support interACT and join us on the way to a better future by becoming a monthly supporter. The link to join our monthly giving community, the interCircle, is at the link in our bio.

09/05/2026

A year before interACT received its first youth program grant, a foundation officer questioned whether we could find inters*x young people willing to speak publicly.

…We may have.

For interACT’s 20th birthday, will you become one of 20 new monthly donors? Your dependable support helps inters*x young people grow into the leaders who will shape the movement’s future.

Sign up to give at the link in our bio.

09/04/2026

Started as a lawyer and a laptop—now we’re here!

Inters*x advocates spent decades asking why the legal system would not protect children from medical abuse. In 2006, a lawyer named Anne Tamar-Mattis asked her inters*x friends and loved ones if it was time to change that.
They said yes, and a one-person legal advocacy organization began. The early days were Anne and her laptop, supported by her family and partner, inters*x physician Suegee Tamar-Mattis.

Inters*x people soon shaped the organization’s purpose. Movement leaders offered encouragement to keep the work moving forward. 

And young inters*x leaders changed it all. As they joined and found their voices, they pushed us to embrace the word “inters*x.” They placed diversity and inclusion at the front. They even renamed us: interACT.

Today, hundreds of inters*x young people are in interACT’s peer support and advocacy groups, and even on staff and the board. This is what’s possible when you trust young people with real power.

20 years later, interACT is still a legal tool for inters*x justice—and so, so much more. 

As we celebrate interACT’s 20th birthday, our wish is for 20 people to join the interCircle as new monthly donors. A gift of any amount provides dependable support for the next chapter of this work—and helps ensure inters*x young people can grow up with their bodies, choices, and futures respected.

Will you be one of the 20?

Sign up to give at the link in our bio.

08/27/2026

When inters*x young people first look for others like them—it’s often out of necessity.

They aren’t always looking for joy, for adventures, or long-lasting friendships.

They’re looking for a moment of feeling less alone, or support because their inters*x experiences have brought struggles.

At inters*x summer camp (formally, the Youth Healing and Wellness Retreat), being inters*x isn’t just about the hard times.

Being inters*x can be about learning to knit and write poetry.

It can take you to California for the first time, and to the beach to spot sea lions and seals.

It can mean learning the history of brave activists who came before you, and grounding yourself in those roots.

It can mean looking around a campfire full of new friends whose lives, in some small part, reflect yours.

This year’s retreat was a reminder that being inters*x can make your life better, cooler, and richer than you’d ever imagine.

Thank you to every retreat participant who trusted us enough to go on a new adventure (including those not pictured!)

Thank you to our incredible facilitators, Hans, Scout and Saifa, who created a beautiful space for us to heal in.

And thank you to our returning participants, who answered the call to step up into leadership!

08/19/2026

When we say “we want to hear from LGBTQIA2S+ students,” we mean all LGBTQIA2S+ students. That means inters*x students, too.

We especially want to ensure the survey reflects students whose voices are often overlooked, including students of color, trans and nonbinary students, disabled students, and youth in rural communities.

If this describes you—or someone you know—please take Glisten’s National School Climate Survey or share it today:

The National School Climate Survey aims to capture the experiences of youth who are LGBTQIA2S+ or questioning in schools across the country.