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Kimberly Zieselman

@xoxykz.bsky.social

Intersex Human Rights Defender Author of XOXY: A Memoir

244 Followers  |  137 Following  |  16 Posts  |  Joined: 13.01.2025
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Proud to be the consulting producer on this incredible feature length documentary about intersex surgeries directed by the talented Grace Hughes-Hallett (Three Identical Strangers ) and producer Flora Stewart of Rogan Productions! Premiering next week on Channel 4 in the UK. πŸ’›πŸŽ¬πŸ’œ

17.01.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. Rollbacks on Intersex Rights Risk Setting a Bad Precedent Globally

U.S. Lawmakers claim they are preventing irreversible harm. Yet they explicitly allow irreversible harm to continue – so long as the child is #intersex.

Full analysis from Outright International’s Senior Advisor for Global Intersex Rights @xoxykz.bsky.socialπŸ‘‡

bit.ly/Intersex-Rol...

08.01.2026 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

My latest podcast interview πŸ’›πŸ’œ

13.01.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My latest commentary on the status of intersex rights in the U.S. and risk of harm globally. ⚠️🌎⚠️

08.01.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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America is going in the wrong direction for intersex children Lawmakers are criminalizing care for trans youth, while permitting irreversible harm to intersex babies

My latest commentary, in the Washington Blade: "You cannot claim to respect bodily autonomy while denying it selectively, based on whose bodies make lawmakers uncomfortable."

30.12.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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! πŸ’›πŸ’œ

27.10.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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...

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.πŸ‘‡

17.09.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

πŸ’» πŸ‘‰ outrightinternational.org/take-action/...

09.06.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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
πŸ”— dcu-snpch.zohobackstage.eu/IntersexInsi...

#IntersexRights #IntersexInsights #CHRISALIS #MSCA

12.05.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"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...

26.03.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Bodily Autonomy is Non-Negotiable: Intersex Voices at the UN

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. πŸ’œπŸ’ͺπŸ’›

25.03.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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.

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...

21.03.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump administration policies will create worse health care for intersex people like me β€œIt seems the Trump administration is arguing that people like me are neither male nor female but simply β€˜disordered,’” writes 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...

20.03.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump administration policies will create worse health care for intersex people like me β€œIt seems the Trump administration is arguing that people like me are neither male nor female but simply β€˜disordered,’” writes Kimberly Zieselman.

"Intersex Americans like me can’t be erased by medicine or the government. We aren’t going anywhere, and we deserve better medical care."

20.03.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

12.03.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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 ! πŸ’œπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ’›

12.03.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big news! Guess who’s hosting this year’s Celebration of Courage awards and gala? KARAMO! 🎀πŸ”₯

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

11.03.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's Simple. Intersex Women are Women. outrightinternational.org/insights/int...

07.03.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"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."

πŸ“– ➑️ outrightinternational.org/insights/int...

07.03.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

Proud to share as a Consultant Producer the world premiere of this superb #intersex documentary film at @sxsw.com !
🎬 More intersex stories less surgeries ! πŸ’›πŸ’œ

04.03.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

Intersex people exist, and will always exist, regardless of unscientific and political attempts at erasure.

interactadvocates.org/interact-sta...

20.02.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Intersex people β€œhave been documented for millennia. It’s nothing new. It’s not as if the president could say, β€˜oh, this is some new trend, some fad,’ β€œ Bratcher Goodwin said. β€œWhat the president’s executive order and also this guidance suggests is that they’re invisible."

20.02.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

20.02.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From PEPFAR to Peril, what happens when lifelines are cut? The Trump administration's relentless attack on LGBTQ+ rights is not just a policy shiftβ€”it's a life-or-death situation for countless individuals worldwide, writes Outright International's Maria SjΓΆdi...

Essential analysis and call to action from @outrightintl.bsky.social Executive Director Maria SjΓΆdin 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...

18.02.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you @inlayterms.bsky.social πŸ’›πŸ’œ

17.02.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Several intersex young people have now had passport renewals rejected due to their identity documentation not aligning with previous passport gender markersβ€”the enforcement of this Executive Order is harmful to everyone!

10.02.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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16.02.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What You’re Not Being Told About Anti-Trans Regulations Recent U.S. laws and regulations restricting medical care and athletic participation for transgender people actually affect more intersex people. Why is this not being discussed?

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gove...

16.02.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today Meta disabled both my Facebook Accounts without warning or reason. I have to assume it has to do with my intersex activism. 🀬

16.02.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1