Welcome!
I’m Hida (pronounced “Heeda”), a Latine-American writer, author and speaker.
This site shares my writing and my some of my work creating mainstream awareness about my intersex community.
Intersex
refers to being born with biological sex traits (gonads, genitalia, and/or choromosomes) that are a blend of male and female or are atypical for either. In the West we were known as hermaphrodites until the mid 1990’s, when “intersex” came into use, and some of us, including yours truly, call ourselves herms.
The Spectrum of Sex:
The Science of Male, Female and Intersex
Born Both:
An Intersex Life
BORN BOTH one of Harper’s ten memoirs to be inspired by!
What an AWESOME surprise to find my memoir BORN BOTH: AN INTERSEX LIFE, on Harper’s Bazaar UK’s list of “10 memoirs and autobiographies to be […]
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Proud to Be a Part of History in the Making!
Yes, that’s my thumb in the picture–holding the first US X Passport!!! It was issued yesterday to my friend and colleague at IC4E (the Intersex […]
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BORN BOTH one of NY Public Library’s Essential Reads on Feminism!
I’m DEEPLY honored to share that my memoir Born Both: An Intersex Life was selected for the New York Public Library’s list of Essential Reads on Feminism, […]
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Quoted in Rep Ro Khanna’s press release about new X passport bill
I am so very proud to have worked on a bill , introduced yesterday, Tuesday, February 25th, by Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17), which instructs the […]
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Props in Publishers Weekly for my non-fiction short story, “SOS Sex”
I’m thrilled to hear that my first non-fiction short story, “SOS Sex,” one of seventeen short stories in the Akashic noir anthology, Santa Fe Noir […]
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Sex Testing Female Assigned Women in Sport: 1950 – Today
As reactions to the Court of Arbitration of Sport’s (CAS) ruling against track star Caster Semenya reveal, many people are unaware that females with XY […]
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My Wash Post essay on the Caster Semenya ruling
My latest, “Stop trying to make Caster Semenya fit a narrow idea of womanhood. It’s unscientific and unethical,” in The Washington Post, explores the May […]
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Latest in OUT about news Pulaski may have been intersex
My latest essay, in OUT, about what the news that Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski may have been intersex says about surgeries aimed to “fix” intersex kids […]
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Interview in The Advocate about Pulaski being Intersex
Thank you to The Advocate for this fantastic article about the Smithsonian Channel documentary, “Was The General A Woman?”, which reveals that General Casimir […]
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What Pulaski’s Being Intersex Means for Intersex & Trans People Today
I’m deeply honored to have been asked to participate in the Smithsonian Channel documentary, “The General Was Female?”, which examines years of research which conclude […]
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Great Interview with OUT Chicago Radio
Thanks to Scott Duff and Ellen Miller at OUT Chicago Radio for a fantastic radio interview about the groundbreaking news that General Casimir Pulaski, renowned […]
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On Trump Memo and Intersex Inclusion in New Now Next
Happy Intersex Awareness Day 2018 everyone! In my latest oped essay for Logo’s New Now Next, I discuss how we need intersex awareness more than ever […]
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Defending Third Gender Legislation in the NY Daily News
Big thanks the my old hometown paper, the New York Daily News, for letting me address all the intersex, non-binary, and trans deniers out […]
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Celebrating National Coming Out Day!
I’ve been out longer than I care to divulge –or I guess I should say, “divulge here,” as anyone who’s read my memoir knows […]
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U.S. Judge Rules in Favor of Nonbinary Passport!
I couldn’t be happier or prouder about this news today, and to have played a role in it! Having a District Court Judge of the […]
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Amplifying Intersex Voices in the Intersex Quarterly!
Lots of people have reached out to me in the last year and a half since my memoir came out to let me know […]
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Presenting Keynote at the 15th Int’l Symposium on Genital Autonomy & Children’s Rights
Genital Autonomy America (GA America) is an amazing organization which has helped thousands to attain, and continues the fight for all babies and children […]
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Presenting Keynote at Texas State University’s Queer Summit!
Many say Texas is scary, and it has been politically—which is why I can’t wait to speak at Texas State this Friday. Come on […]
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Born Both to be Published in German!
I’m very happy to announce that my memoir Born Both: An Intersex Life (Hachette Books) will be available in German with Zaglossus Books this summer, summer […]
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Born Both nominated for a Lammy!
OMG, my memoir Born Both: An Intersex Life has been nominated for a Lammy–the Lambda Literary Award! Queer non-binary Latinx intersex appreciation??!!!??? Whaaaat? […]
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