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Welcome!

I'm Hida (pronounced "Heeda"), one of the first publicly intersex, non-binary and gender-fluid people on this beautiful planet.

This site shares my writing and my work creating mainstream awareness, and advocating for human rights, about and for my communities.

Intersex
referring to or being a person whose internal and/or external sexual and reproductive organs are not typically male or female

Non-binary
relating to or being a person who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that is neither entirely male nor entirely female

Gender-fluid
of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity is not fixed

The Spectrum of Sex:
The Science of Male, Female and Intersex

Born Both:
An Intersex Life

This reel highlights some of my best television interviews. (3:44 minute)

BORN BOTH one of Harper’s ten memoirs to be inspired by!

By Hida | January 27, 2022 |

Wha 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 inspired by“–alongside Maya Angelou, Michelle Obama, Gkoria Steinem, and others! Huge thanks to Harper’s for reading and including a queer, Latine, intersex, non-binary voice on this list–what an honor! https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/entertainment/g37950787/memoirs-autobiographies/

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IDAHO-T and Me: Thoughts on Inter Connectivity & Inclusion

By Hida | May 18, 2016

Happy Belated IDAHO-T everyone! Yesterday was the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia (IDAHO-T), and I was too busy working towards LGBTQIA visibility and…

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Presenting at Princeton!

By Hida | April 21, 2016

I am honored and excited to be presenting my 101 workshop, “Reimagining the Human Species: Intersex People in Society”, and my lecture,” Sex is Complicated:…

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A Gender Fluid, Intersex Homage to David Bowie

By Hida | January 12, 2016

I’m supposed to be working on my manuscript draft, but this morning I learned that David Bowie had passed away, and there’s nothing more pressing…

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Published in new college textbook by Oxford Univ. Press!

By Hida | January 2, 2016

My essay, “What’s in a Name: Intersex and Identity”, was selected for and appears in the college textbook, Queer: A Reader for Writers, published this…

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Speaking at the APPPAH 19th Congress

By Hida | December 4, 2015

I’ll be speaking about the right to genital integrity, as it relates to intersex people, this Friday, December 4th, at the Association For Prenatal And…

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Keynote Presentation at Intersex Solidarity Days in Vienna!

By Hida | November 1, 2015

    I’m excited to be invited by VIMO (aka OII Austria) and Platform Intersex Austria (PIA), to present at the Intersex Solidarity Days Conference…

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OMG, the U.S. Gov’t finally has to deal with the fact that intersex folks exist!

By Hida | October 26, 2015

Wow. I ever thought i’d see the day that intersex people were on the brinkl of being legally recognized by the U.S. gov’t!  As if…

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Quoted in Great Buzzfeed Article

By Hida | August 5, 2015

    “I feel compelled to let the public know that you can grow up intersex and be perfectly fine and happy,” said Hida Viloria,…

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How Intersex People Identify

By Hida | July 10, 2015

Co-authored by Dana Zzyym. Much has been said recently, on the heels of all the media attention on Caitlin Jenner and Rachel Dolezal, about the…

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Speaking to Stanford students, about love

By Hida | June 24, 2015

    My mind has been spinning non-stop this past week, swirling in the aftermath and analysis of hate. We have witnessed so many innocent…

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Mom, I did it: my book’s going to be published!

By Hida | June 19, 2015

  Some folks have written to ask why I haven’t had any posts on my blog Intersex and Out for so long, so I thought…

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Speaking in SF this Friday, June 5th, for Pride Month! 🙂

By Hida | June 3, 2015

I’m thrilled to join Joe Wenke, author of The Human Agenda: Conversations about Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity, and my fellow contributors Gisele Alicia (model, Barney’s Brothers…

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Essay to be published by Oxford U Press this December!

By Hida | April 8, 2015

Can’t say how thrilled I am that my May, 2014 essay “What’s in a Name: Intersex and Identity” (originally published here for my blog, Intersex…

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Interview in VICE about intersex victory in Malta

By Hida | April 8, 2015

Psyched that I asked the US gov’t to ban Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM) here in the U.S. — as the Maltese government did there last…

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Two talks in Barcelona!

By Hida | March 28, 2015

I am deeply grateful to fantastic allies Professors Joan Pujol Tarrés, PhD, and Marisela Montenegro, PhD, of the Department of Social Psychology (Departament de Psicologia…

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Keynote in Madrid — an honor & my 1st presentation in Spanish!

By Hida | March 24, 2015

I gave a Keynote presentation, my first talk in Spanish, on March 23rd at the 10th International Workshop in Science, Technology & Gender (X Workshop…

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My interview in fab GENDER TALENTS web project

By Hida | March 7, 2015

I was interviewed for <em>Gender Talents</em>, a fantastic web-based project by artist Carlos Motta that engages movements and discourses for gender self-determination within trans and…

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My interview in The Human Agenda: Conversations about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

By Hida | February 5, 2015

    I am interviewed in the fantastic new book The Human Agenda: Conversations about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (February 5, 2015), by author…

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Post-Aljazeera, intersex athletes, & letting Dutee run!

By Hida | September 13, 2014

So I showed my Aljazeera interview to the lovely woman I’m dating this morning, and it left me with some thoughts to share. The interview…

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Pre-Aljazeera Thoughts on Fashionable Bigotry

By Hida | September 3, 2014

I’m going to be on Aljazeera today — soon, in fact — talking about the sports policies against intersex woman with hyperandrogenism (high testosterone levels). Much more…

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