Anne Tamar-Mattis

Anne Tamar-Mattis is the founder and executive director of Advocates for Informed Choice (AIC), the first organization in the United States to undertake a coordinated strategy of legal advocacy for the rights of children with intersex conditions or DSDs (differences of sex development).

Since 2006, AIC has used innovative legal strategies to advocate for the civil rights of children born with variations of reproductive or sexual anatomy by:

• engaging parents, doctors, attorneys, and intersex activists in strategy discussions;
• stimulating legal dialogue about the fundamental rights of children born with intersex conditions or DSDs; and
• employing traditional and non-traditional legal tools to ensure justice for children born with intersex conditions or DSDs.

AIC’s activities are grounded in a sense of respect for human rights and compassion for the children, parents, doctors, and intersex adults involved. In particular, Tamar-Mattis and AIC have focused on employing legal strategies to end the forced sterilization of infants and children with intersex conditions, and to help people who were subjected to involuntary genital surgeries or humiliating treatment in teaching hospitals seek apologies from their medical providers. Under Tamar-Mattis’ leadership, AIC is helping to give voice to intersex children and adults.

Please visit AIC’s Facebook page to learn more.