Kimberly Zieselman
@xoxykz.bsky.social
Intersex Human Rights Defender
Author of XOXY: A Memoir
Author of XOXY: A Memoir
Reposted by Kimberly Zieselman
Let’s celebrate #IntersexAwarenessWeek! Learn all about the colors and shapes of the #Intersex flag. ✨
Follow us and share this post with a friend to spread intersex awareness! 💛💜
Follow us and share this post with a friend to spread intersex awareness! 💛💜
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Let’s celebrate #IntersexAwarenessWeek! Learn all about the colors and shapes of the #Intersex flag. ✨
Follow us and share this post with a friend to spread intersex awareness! 💛💜
Follow us and share this post with a friend to spread intersex awareness! 💛💜
Reposted by Kimberly Zieselman
At the launch, our Senior Advisor for Global Intersex Rights, @xoxykz.bsky.social, joined global intersex activists to deliver a powerful intervention calling for stronger allyship from global movements.
This groundbreaking report is a tool for governments, advocates, and allies everywhere.👇
This groundbreaking report is a tool for governments, advocates, and allies everywhere.👇
A/HRC/60/50: Discriminatory laws and policies, acts of violence and harmful practices against intersex persons
SummaryIn the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 55/14, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights examines discriminatory laws and policies...
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September 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
At the launch, our Senior Advisor for Global Intersex Rights, @xoxykz.bsky.social, joined global intersex activists to deliver a powerful intervention calling for stronger allyship from global movements.
This groundbreaking report is a tool for governments, advocates, and allies everywhere.👇
This groundbreaking report is a tool for governments, advocates, and allies everywhere.👇
Reposted by Kimberly Zieselman
Calling all #LBQ, #trans, and #intersex activists and emerging leaders from the Global South and East!
Register for our We Connect information session on June 12.
💻 👉 outrightinternational.org/take-action/...
Register for our We Connect information session on June 12.
💻 👉 outrightinternational.org/take-action/...
June 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Calling all #LBQ, #trans, and #intersex activists and emerging leaders from the Global South and East!
Register for our We Connect information session on June 12.
💻 👉 outrightinternational.org/take-action/...
Register for our We Connect information session on June 12.
💻 👉 outrightinternational.org/take-action/...
Reposted by Kimberly Zieselman
During the Intersex Insights event, we will screen Common as Red Hair, with a Q&A by Kimberly Zieselman! @xoxykz.bsky.social
🎬 Join us in Dublin or online on June 9-10
⏳ Register by May 19
🔗 dcu-snpch.zohobackstage.eu/IntersexInsi...
#IntersexRights #IntersexInsights #CHRISALIS #MSCA
🎬 Join us in Dublin or online on June 9-10
⏳ Register by May 19
🔗 dcu-snpch.zohobackstage.eu/IntersexInsi...
#IntersexRights #IntersexInsights #CHRISALIS #MSCA
May 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
During the Intersex Insights event, we will screen Common as Red Hair, with a Q&A by Kimberly Zieselman! @xoxykz.bsky.social
🎬 Join us in Dublin or online on June 9-10
⏳ Register by May 19
🔗 dcu-snpch.zohobackstage.eu/IntersexInsi...
#IntersexRights #IntersexInsights #CHRISALIS #MSCA
🎬 Join us in Dublin or online on June 9-10
⏳ Register by May 19
🔗 dcu-snpch.zohobackstage.eu/IntersexInsi...
#IntersexRights #IntersexInsights #CHRISALIS #MSCA
"Those of us who are intersex have always faced medical and social harm. But what is happening now is something altogether different: the government’s attempt to erase our very existence."
-- Kimberly www.statnews.com/2025/03/20/i...
-- Kimberly www.statnews.com/2025/03/20/i...
March 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"Those of us who are intersex have always faced medical and social harm. But what is happening now is something altogether different: the government’s attempt to erase our very existence."
-- Kimberly www.statnews.com/2025/03/20/i...
-- Kimberly www.statnews.com/2025/03/20/i...
My latest article for @outrightintl.bsky.social reflecting on #intersex advocacy with an inspiring group of global activists at the UN General Assembly during #CSW69 in New York. 💜💪💛
Our Bodily Autonomy is Non-Negotiable: Intersex Voices at the UN
outrightinternational.org
March 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
My latest article for @outrightintl.bsky.social reflecting on #intersex advocacy with an inspiring group of global activists at the UN General Assembly during #CSW69 in New York. 💜💪💛
Reposted by Kimberly Zieselman
Columbia Caves to Donald Trump.
A sad day for the university and for the future of American higher education.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
A sad day for the university and for the future of American higher education.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Exclusive | Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding
Columbia’s agreement is a significant moment in the intensifying battle between Trump and elite universities.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Columbia Caves to Donald Trump.
A sad day for the university and for the future of American higher education.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
A sad day for the university and for the future of American higher education.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Reposted by Kimberly Zieselman
A new piece from @xoxykz.bsky.social on the US government's intersex erasure. Despite Trump's insistence that only 2 sexes exist, "Intersex Americans like me can’t be erased by medicine or the government. We aren’t going anywhere, and we deserve better medical care." www.statnews.com/2025/03/20/i...
Trump administration policies will create worse health care for intersex people like me
“It seems the Trump administration is arguing that people like me are neither male nor female but simply ‘disordered,’” writes Kimberly Zieselman.
www.statnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A new piece from @xoxykz.bsky.social on the US government's intersex erasure. Despite Trump's insistence that only 2 sexes exist, "Intersex Americans like me can’t be erased by medicine or the government. We aren’t going anywhere, and we deserve better medical care." www.statnews.com/2025/03/20/i...
"Intersex Americans like me can’t be erased by medicine or the government. We aren’t going anywhere, and we deserve better medical care."
Trump administration policies will create worse health care for intersex people like me
“It seems the Trump administration is arguing that people like me are neither male nor female but simply ‘disordered,’” writes Kimberly Zieselman.
www.statnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"Intersex Americans like me can’t be erased by medicine or the government. We aren’t going anywhere, and we deserve better medical care."
Reposted by Kimberly Zieselman
This is exactly what we want to see from the United Nations, on the heels of the landmark intersex resolution by HRC55 in Geneva: strong support for intersex human rights around the globe.
We are so proud to bring powerful activists and advocates to these halls of power.
We are so proud to bring powerful activists and advocates to these halls of power.
March 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is exactly what we want to see from the United Nations, on the heels of the landmark intersex resolution by HRC55 in Geneva: strong support for intersex human rights around the globe.
We are so proud to bring powerful activists and advocates to these halls of power.
We are so proud to bring powerful activists and advocates to these halls of power.
Speaking #intersex truth to power at the UN in NYC and getting amazing response promising to support "whatever initiatives are needed " from the UN Secretary General ! 💜🇺🇳💛
BREAKING: United Nations Secretary General expresses unwavering support for intersex bodily autonomy and complete solidarity with the intersex community in response to Magda Rakita from Poland's Fundacja Interakcja moving intervention at the #CSW69 Civil Society Organizations Town Hall in NYC.
March 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Speaking #intersex truth to power at the UN in NYC and getting amazing response promising to support "whatever initiatives are needed " from the UN Secretary General ! 💜🇺🇳💛
Reposted by Kimberly Zieselman
Big news! Guess who’s hosting this year’s Celebration of Courage awards and gala? KARAMO! 🎤🔥
Emmy-winning host, producer, author, and activist Karamo has been a bold champion for LGBTIQ human rights.
35 years of impact. One night to be in community. Will you be there? 🎟️ bit.ly/COC25-Social
Emmy-winning host, producer, author, and activist Karamo has been a bold champion for LGBTIQ human rights.
35 years of impact. One night to be in community. Will you be there? 🎟️ bit.ly/COC25-Social
March 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Big news! Guess who’s hosting this year’s Celebration of Courage awards and gala? KARAMO! 🎤🔥
Emmy-winning host, producer, author, and activist Karamo has been a bold champion for LGBTIQ human rights.
35 years of impact. One night to be in community. Will you be there? 🎟️ bit.ly/COC25-Social
Emmy-winning host, producer, author, and activist Karamo has been a bold champion for LGBTIQ human rights.
35 years of impact. One night to be in community. Will you be there? 🎟️ bit.ly/COC25-Social
It's Simple. Intersex Women are Women. outrightinternational.org/insights/int...
March 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It's Simple. Intersex Women are Women. outrightinternational.org/insights/int...
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"On #InternationalWomensDay, let's recognize the urgent need to end violence, discrimination, and exclusion of intersex women for what it is: a core women's rights issue that everyone working for women's equality should embrace."
📖 ➡️ outrightinternational.org/insights/int...
📖 ➡️ outrightinternational.org/insights/int...
outrightinternational.org
March 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"On #InternationalWomensDay, let's recognize the urgent need to end violence, discrimination, and exclusion of intersex women for what it is: a core women's rights issue that everyone working for women's equality should embrace."
📖 ➡️ outrightinternational.org/insights/int...
📖 ➡️ outrightinternational.org/insights/int...
Proud to share as a Consultant Producer the world premiere of this superb #intersex documentary film at @sxsw.com !
🎬 More intersex stories less surgeries ! 💛💜
🎬 More intersex stories less surgeries ! 💛💜
The Secret of Me
SXSW 2025 Schedule | It’s 1995 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. During a feminist studies class, college student Kristi opens her textbook to discover something that turns her world upside down. For as long...
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March 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Intersex people exist, and will always exist, regardless of unscientific and political attempts at erasure.
interactadvocates.org/interact-sta...
interactadvocates.org/interact-sta...
HHS Ignores Biology to Comply with Trump’s Executive Order
We are raising intersex visibility, empowering young intersex advocates and promoting laws and policies that protect intersex youth.
interactadvocates.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Intersex people exist, and will always exist, regardless of unscientific and political attempts at erasure.
interactadvocates.org/interact-sta...
interactadvocates.org/interact-sta...
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Intersex people “have been documented for millennia. It’s nothing new. It’s not as if the president could say, ‘oh, this is some new trend, some fad,’ “ Bratcher Goodwin said. “What the president’s executive order and also this guidance suggests is that they’re invisible."
HHS issues new definitions of terms like ‘sex,’ ‘man’ and ‘woman’ that critics say ignore science
www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/h...
HHS issues new definitions of terms like ‘sex,’ ‘man’ and ‘woman’ that critics say ignore science | CNN
In one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first moves as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the agency released guidance Wednesday for the US government, external partners and the pu...
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February 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Intersex people “have been documented for millennia. It’s nothing new. It’s not as if the president could say, ‘oh, this is some new trend, some fad,’ “ Bratcher Goodwin said. “What the president’s executive order and also this guidance suggests is that they’re invisible."
Reposted by Kimberly Zieselman
Just a reminder that the unqualified politician blowhard heading Health and Human Services has multiple long-standing, historically nonpartisan professional organizations of biologists and physicians calling him and his new department completely full of it
"Many medical experts, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, recognize that not everyone fits into neat categories of male and female. Some individuals are intersex and have sexual anatomy or chromosomes that do not fit typical definitions of male and female."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
RFK Jr. Announces New HHS Guidance Recognizing Only Two Sexes
The new guidance follows President Trump’s demand that the Health and Human Services Department align with his executive order barring transgender athletes from women’s sports.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Just a reminder that the unqualified politician blowhard heading Health and Human Services has multiple long-standing, historically nonpartisan professional organizations of biologists and physicians calling him and his new department completely full of it
Reposted by Kimberly Zieselman
Essential analysis and call to action from @outrightintl.bsky.social Executive Director Maria Sjödin in @advocate.com about the harmful policies being enacted by the Trump Administration targeting LGBTIQ people, especially the freeze on U.S. foreign aid.
www.advocate.com/voices/us-ai...
www.advocate.com/voices/us-ai...
From PEPFAR to Peril, what happens when lifelines are cut?
The Trump administration's relentless attack on LGBTQ+ rights is not just a policy shift—it's a life-or-death situation for countless individuals worldwide, writes Outright International's Maria Sjödi...
www.advocate.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Essential analysis and call to action from @outrightintl.bsky.social Executive Director Maria Sjödin in @advocate.com about the harmful policies being enacted by the Trump Administration targeting LGBTIQ people, especially the freeze on U.S. foreign aid.
www.advocate.com/voices/us-ai...
www.advocate.com/voices/us-ai...
Reposted by Kimberly Zieselman
Several intersex young people have now had passport renewals rejected due to their identity documentation not aligning with previous passport gender markers—the enforcement of this Executive Order is harmful to everyone!
For decades, transgender people have been able to update our passports to accurately reflect our gender.
We're taking the Trump administration to court to ensure they don't roll back our rights.
We're taking the Trump administration to court to ensure they don't roll back our rights.
Transgender Americans Challenge Trump’s Passport Policy in Court
The A.C.L.U. filed a lawsuit after the president’s administration stopped issuing passports that reflect the gender identity of transgender and nonbinary people.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Several intersex young people have now had passport renewals rejected due to their identity documentation not aligning with previous passport gender markers—the enforcement of this Executive Order is harmful to everyone!
Today Meta disabled both my Facebook Accounts without warning or reason. I have to assume it has to do with my intersex activism. 🤬
February 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today Meta disabled both my Facebook Accounts without warning or reason. I have to assume it has to do with my intersex activism. 🤬
Reposted by Kimberly Zieselman
Trump's Executive Order defines “female” as someone who produces eggs & “male” as someone who produces sperm. "My intersex body, like the bodies of many intersex people, does not produce either gametes, arguably leaving us in legal limbo." @xoxykz.bsky.social
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/02/04/m...
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/02/04/m...
My existence as an intersex American was finally acknowledged, then erased four days later
Federal government now defines sex as 'male' and 'female.'
www.washingtonblade.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Trump's Executive Order defines “female” as someone who produces eggs & “male” as someone who produces sperm. "My intersex body, like the bodies of many intersex people, does not produce either gametes, arguably leaving us in legal limbo." @xoxykz.bsky.social
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/02/04/m...
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/02/04/m...
Reposted by Kimberly Zieselman
Our global survey on the impacts of the US foreign aid freeze on LGBTIQ communities is now available in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. Find them here and share them widely.
outrightinternational.org/insights/tel...
outrightinternational.org/insights/tel...
Tell Your Story: Impact of US Foreign Assistance Freeze on Global LGBTIQ Communities
outrightinternational.org
February 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Our global survey on the impacts of the US foreign aid freeze on LGBTIQ communities is now available in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. Find them here and share them widely.
outrightinternational.org/insights/tel...
outrightinternational.org/insights/tel...