|
Intersex Task Force Report Sent to SF HRC |
|
|
|
|
Intersex Task Force Approved in Committee, Moves to Full Human Rights Commission
*****************************************************
Contact:
Betsy Driver
Bodies Like Ours Director
mailto:betsydriver@bodieslikeours.org
www.bodieslikeours.org
909-212-4662 phone
San Francisco Contact:
Peter Trinkl
Bodies Like Ours Board Member
mailto:peter@bodieslikeours.org
*****************************************************
January 19, 2004
Tuesday evening, January 18th, 2005, the San Francisco Human Rights Commission's Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Advisory Committee approved by unanimous vote the Intersex Task Force report on the May 27, 2004 public hearing. The report, including findings and recommendations, now goes to the full San Francisco Human Rights Commission on January 27, 2005, where it is expected to be approved.
Peter Trinkl, a board member of Bodies Like Ours provides this report:
The LGBTAC Intersex Task Force report represents months of effort by the staff of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission working alongside the larger intersex community to address the often complex issues in the emerging area of human rights for intersex people. The May 27, 2004 hearing was the first time that a governmental body in the United States has investigated the lives of intersex people from a human rights perspective.
Bodies Like Ours has been a central part of the Interest Task Force.
Several BLO members testified at the May 27, 2004 hearing, and extensive written testimony was provided to the Human Rights Commission by BLO members who could not attend the hearing. Since the hearing, BLO members have been active in working on the findings and recommendations of the report over many months. A Bodies Like Ours member also provided many of the professional article summaries that appear in the report.
A full version of the SF Human Rights Commission intersex report will be posted on the BLO website when it becomes final. That is expected to happen on January 27, 2004. BLO members working with the SF HRC LGBTAC have also gotten a commitment that the televised version of the May 27, 2004 hearing will be made available to the public as "streaming video" from the SF Human Rights Commission website in the near future.
Bodies Like Ours commends the LGBTAC Committee for sending the report with a recommendation for approval to the full Human Rights Commission.
Watch for an email update from Bodies Like Ours on the evening of January 28th reporting on the action of the full commission regarding this historic event and document.
*****************************************************
Bodies Like Ours needs your generous support financial contributions to help fix a very broken part of our world. Please consider making a donation today at http://www.bodieslikeours.org/staticxt/
Founded in 2002, Bodies Like Ours provides peer support and information for people born with intersex conditions.
Our mission includes elimination of the shame and secrecy of intersex births through education, awareness, and community. Bodies Like Ours is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in NJ and based in Glen Gardner, NJ.
To learn more about Bodies Like Ours, please visit our website at http://www.bodieslikeours.org
*****************************************************
To unsubscribe from the Bodies Like Ours mailing list, simply send a blank email to mailto:bodieslikeours-unsubscribe@lists.bodieslikeours.org or visit our subscription management area at http://www.bodieslikeours.org/contact.html. You may also change your email address at the subscription management area of our website.
For information about Bodies Like Ours, please write to mailto:info@bodieslikeours.org or call us at 908-212-4662.
*****************************************************
--30--
|
|
Read more...
|