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
New Blog Essay on Cisgender
http://intersexandout.tumblr.com/post/95130298770/caught-in-the-gender-binary-blind-spot-intersex “Finally, everything I’ve been saying about cisgender — and how it reinforces the gender binary — in one LONG (yes, warning, it’s dense) essay.…
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Caught in the Gender Binary Blind Spot: Intersex Erasure in Cisgender Rhetoric
Earlier this month, two intersex blog posts about the term “cisgender” reminded me that it’s high time we talk about how current cisgender rhetoric facilitates…
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Presenting at GA14, the 13th Annual Genital Autonomy Symposium
I’m thrilled to present at this fantastic event, and honored to join with fellow pioneers in the fight for bodily intergrity and an…
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The Gender that Dare Not Speak its Name
One of the icons of the queer community once said, “Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.” I’m talking about the Western world’s first…
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The Importance of Allies
So I went to a baseball game for the first time in about 35 years yesterday, because the person who invited me is so cool…
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Just another frivolous, glittery gender observation
Given my newfound commitment to weekly Wednesday blogging , not every blog will be a well thought out exploration of topics deeply intergral to being…
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The Third Sex: Then, Now, Never
I’ll never forget seeing the cover of a 1950’s lesbian novel called The Third Sex. It’d been made into a postcard, and was on sale…
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Who do you think you are: intersex and appropriation
I was recently interviewed by the awesome Vash Boddie of IMRU radio in L.A., the county’s longest running LGBTI radio station (airdate T.B.A.). At one…
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How Now Pro Noun?
Nowadays, the preferred-gender-pronoun question comes up quickly when I speak about being intersex. I see it as a positive indication that we’re moving beyond Intersex…
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Advocating Equality
Hi everyone! I thought I’d apologize for and share that the reason it’s taken me SO long to write something new is that my mom…
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What’s in a Name: Intersex and Identity
In 1987, I was outed to my parents by my older brother in a scene straight out of the hysterical queer comedy But I’m a…
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Intersex: Beyond the Binary, at Vassar 3/26
Very excited to about this — Vassar students & staff are cutting edge, so this should be a good one! Wednesday, March 26, 5:30-7pm, Rocky 200.…
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Quoted in Digital Journal article about my panel at the UN
So happy to see the groundbreaking panel Sports Comes Out Against Homophobia, that I’m honored to have participated in at the United Nations…
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Speaking at the UN for Human Rights Day!
I am deeply honored to be presenting at the United Nations in New York in recognition of Human Rights Day, Dec. 10th, along…
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Keynote speaker at Bay Area Birth Justice Fair
http://bayareabirthjusticefair.wordpress.com/2013/11/02/fall-2013-forum-key-note-speaker-hida-viloria/ Very happy to be presenting at this event for parents which deals specifically with the issue of children’s right to physical integrity. …
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Why Intersex Germans Aren’t Crazy About Germany’s Third Gender Law
Germany’s new third gender law becomes effective today, and has been hailed as a groundbreaking advancement for intersex people, but every intersex advocacy organization in…
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Happy Intersex Awareness Day everyone!!!!
Please help spread awareness by sharing the info in this link with at least one person in your life. 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=644596792238810&set=a.355696581128834.86699.189133101118517&type=1&theater
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Intersex Awareness Day event today at N.Y.U.!
I’ll be presenting, “Intersexphobia: What It Is and What We Can Do To End It,” today at NYU, with my colleague Claudia Astorino.…
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Intersex Awareness Day Presentation at UC Davis!
So happy to be invited to the University of California at Davis (UC Davis) once again to educate about intersex people and our…
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Cosmetic Genital Surgery/Sex Re-assignment of Intersex Babies is wrong: Case Closed
(FINALLY, a new blog post! 🙂 ) A few weeks ago, I testified as an expert witness on the television show Caso Cerrado (translation: Case…
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