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I'm Hida (pronounced "Heeda"), a Latine-American writer and one of the first publicly intersex people on this beautiful planet.

This site shares my writing and my some of my work creating mainstream awareness about my community.

Intersex
referring to or being a person born with biological sex traits (gonads, genitalia, and/or choromosomes) that are a blend of male and female or are atypical foir either male or female.

We have been acknowledged around the world since ancient times by different names, including in the West, where we were known as hermaphrodites until the late 1990's, when "intersex" came into use,

 

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

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Born Both:
An Intersex Life

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

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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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Quoted in Guardian UK

By Hida | July 2, 2012

  I’m quoted today from my recent letter in The NY Times in this KICK-ASS article by Katrina Karkazis (author of Fixing Sex) and Rebecca…

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Keynote presentation at UC Davis Intersex Awareness Week

By Hida | March 3, 2011

  Intersex Awareness Week is held annually in late February as a time of education and awareness around intersex issues and experiences. It is organized under…

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