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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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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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