interim co-deputy director, LGBT rights @HRW | he/him
Jul 3, 2021 • 19 tweets • 10 min read
Two 18-year-old runners from Namibia were barred Friday from running in the 400 meters at the Olympics because of high natural testosterone levels -- @AP reports: apnews.com/article/namibi…
🧵on what's going on... 1/ The basic strategy of World Athletics is to regulate women’s testosterone levels to be within an arbitrary and largely unscientific range. First, some history...
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3 years ago @HRW published our first ever report investigating and exposing the human rights violations against children born with #intersex traits -- we spoke with intersex kids and adults, their parents, and doctors in charge of their care: hrw.org/report/2017/07…
Dec 13, 2019 • 13 tweets • 41 min read
The Massachusetts Medical Society has just passed a resolution in support of the basic rights of patients with #intersex characteristics to informed consent over their own medical care --