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Media Center

This page catalogues news articles that mention or quote Intersex Initiative, as well as letters to editors we wrote. There is a separate page for pop culture analysis and recommendations.

Media Inquiries

If you are a reporter interested in covering the topic of intersex, we may be available for interviews. Please feel free to contact us.

Intersex Initiative in the Media

Activists: Surgery not only answer for intersex people by Theresa Hogue, Corvallis Gazette-Times, May 13, 2003
Eugenides wins Pulitzer Just Out, April 18, 2003
Intersex patients demand equal rights by Taylor Barnes, Portland State University Vanguard April 1, 2003
Is It A Boy Or A Girl? by Gary Morris, Just Out Jan. 17, 2003

Letters to Editors

Letter to Science & Spirit June 2, 2005
Letter to The Boston Herald September 26, 2004
Letter to Journal of Urology April 17, 2004
Letter to The State Press (Arizona State University) March 25, 2004
Letter to the Washington Times September 19, 2003
Letter to Hastings Center Report August 30, 2003
Letter to New England Journal of Medicine August 24, 2003
Letter to the Associated Press July 19, 2003
Letter to The Advocate April 8, 2003
Letter to Orlando Sentinel March 24, 2003
Letter to New York Review of Books March 10, 2003
Letter to Daily Illini March 10, 2003
Letter to New Socialist January 28, 2003
Letter to Just Out January 176, 2003 by Francie Nevill

Letters to Other Groups

Letter to the California Green Party March 31, 2004
Letter to MGMBill.org March 31, 2004

Media Reference Guide

We are planning to develop a "media reference guide" to help reporters write better articles about intersex, similar to what GLAAD has done for LGBT issues. In fact, the GLAAD guide includes "intersex" under "transgender focus," but not very well, which is why we need a specific guide on intersex reporting. It will be based on our existing materials (such as the Writing Guidelines), and packaged as a booklet. We hope to obtain endorsement from ISNA and GLAAD once it's done so that it would be effective.