State Department hosts intersex activists from around the world
The State Department last week hosted five intersex activists from around the world. Kimberly Zieselman, a prominent intersex activist who advises Jessica Stern, the special U.S.
envoy for the promotion of LGBTQ and intersex rights abroad, brought the activists to D.C. • Morgan Carpenter, co-founder and executive director of Intersex Human Rights Australia • Natasha Jiménez, an intersex activist from Costa Rica who is the general coordinator of Mulabi, the Latin American Space for Sexualities and Rights • Julius Kaggwa, founder of the Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development Uganda • Magda Rakita, co-founder and executive director of Fujdacja Interakcja in Poland and co-founder of Interconnected UK • Esan Regmi, co-founder and executive director of the Campaign for Change in Nepal.
Special U.S. Envoy for Global Youth Issues Abby Finkenauer and Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine are among the officials with whom the activists met.
Zieselman told the Washington Blade on Sept. 21 the activists offered State Department officials an “intersex 101” overview during a virtual briefing.
