California Passes Legislation to Support Intersex Rights

California has become the first US state to pass legislation that supports the rights of intersex people.

The state passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 110 (SCR-110), introduced by Senator Scott Wienerand sponsored by interACT Advocates for Intersex Youth and Equality California.

The resolution aims to “foster the well-being of children born with variations of sex characteristics through the enactment of policies and procedures that ensure individualized, multidisciplinary care.

“Intersex children (are) a part of the fabric of our state’s diversity to be celebrated rather than an aberration to be corrected.

“Intersex children should be free to choose whether to undergo life-altering surgeries that irreversibly—and sometimes irreparably—cause harm.”

Many babies born intersex forcibly undergo several surgeries, in Denmark and Germany they face up to five surgeries in their first year alone.

Intersex adults are speaking out about the trauma those surgeries leave them with and are advocating for their right to choose. Last year, Sara Kelly Keenan became the first American to have her gender marked as intersex on her birth certificate.

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