Episode 007: "The Buzzfeed Video Changed My Life" (Irene)

What do you know about the “I” in “LGBTI”? On this week’s episode, we talk with Irene, an activist with Intersex Russia, who talks about her experiences being intersex – including how a Buzzfeed video (really!) changed her life.

As mentioned in the episode, here’s Irene’s article, “I Discovered I’m Intersex from the Buzzfeed Video, along with the original Buzzfeed video, “What It’s Like to Be Intersex.”

Intersex Russia can be found on Facebook here (in both Russian and English); also, you can check out InterACT’s website. The two 2017 reports mentioned in our conversation are:

• Human Rights Watch and InterACT, “I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me: Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Children in the US”

• Amnesty International, “First, Do No Harm: Ensuring the Rights of Children Born Intersex” (report available in five languages here)

Episode 006: "A Matter of Representation" (Luis Larraín)

Today, Luis Larraín, a Chilean gay activist, talks about coming out, the LGBTQ movement in Chile, and his election campaign to become the first openly gay member of Chile's Chamber of Deputies.

You can follow Luis on Twitter at @luislarrain and check out his website at luislarrain.cl.