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IDENTITIES: "The Place of Intersex in the Queer Community" People who are intersexed are born with bodies that cannot be easily categorized into a binary system of male or female and are often "cured" by modern medicine with non-consensual surgeries and hormone treatments. In this panel discussion three intersex activists will discuss their lives, struggles, and connections with the queer community. In addition, Del LaGrace Volcano will screen his recent documentary film, Journey Intersex, which explores his discovery of his own intersexuality and that of his cousin Heidi’s. Together, Del and Heidi go on a sometimes painful journey of truth-seeking, and ultimately the cousins find that they themselves hold more of the answers than science or their families can yet offer. Presenters: Sherri Groveman is an attorney and intersex activist. In 1995, she founded the U.S. branch of the Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group (AISSG) and presently serves as a director of both AISSG as well as the Intersex Society of North America (ISNA). Hida Viloria is an intersex activist, public speaker, and writer. She is a member of ISNA and for various reasons was never subjected to surgical or hormonal treatment. Del LaGrace Volcano is a gender variant visual artist (formerly known as lesbian photographer Della Grace) living in London since 1982. Room: MCC Theater |
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