Intersex Initiative is a Portland, Oregon based national activist and advocacy organization for people born with intersex conditions. It was founded by Emi Koyama, a multi-issue social justice activist and former intern at Intersex Society of North America (2001-02).
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Organization Spotlight: Intersex Initiative
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I was wondering if Intersexed would ever be entered into the GLBT label.
I was hoping for a new Acronym: L.I.G.H.T.
And a new slogan or two: We bring the LIGHT; Another LIGHT; LIGHT they way; or something fun.
The only problem is that Bisexuals may get upset with my "H" standing for them. Not only would they be referred to as either Happy, Half & Half, Hip,
or please make a suggestion.....
Mark
It's normally GLBTI, though sometimes I think Intersex doesn't really fit in with GLB, though it has some parallels with T (ha, but if certain intersexed people heard me saying that they would slap me).
Nevertheless, it's good to be grouped in with a community that tends to be progressive and supportive. I am pretty queer anyway ;)
Huh, LIGHT would actually be kind of awesome if there's a good H word that could stand for bisexuals.
P.S. Sorry..yes we have taken back Queer, but it still has a negative tone when used to highlight us in other communities. We can use it amongst ourselves, but do not want Obama or some reporting saying "the Queers" were out today...
Don't compare intersexed and transsexuals. They are quite different.
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