We see a world where intersex people make their own choices about their bodies. Policy & media org. 📸🦋➡️ @ interact_adv
Joined January 2012
- Tweets 6,338
- Following 1,085
- Followers 8,718
- Likes 5,297
1,276 Photos and videos
Pinned Tweet
30 Jan 2025
Intersex people have existed since the beginning of time and will exist until the end of time. No law, executive order, judge or advocate of pseudoscience can erase us. Their goal is to conceal any existence outside of an impossibly narrow sex binary. Our existence is resistance.
ALT "No one can legislate away our existence" text with the interACT logo sits in a purple circle on top of a collage of dozens of intersex people and allies smiling, waving, holding hands with friends, playing instruments, and carrying intersex flags.
1
25
70
5,430
Jun 11
Aces Fox, a former competitive track and field sprinter, was raised as a girl and won two junior Olympics gold medals competing against both boys and girls. At 19, Fox found out they were intersex, with two sets of DNA.
Now, the IOC plans to require testing for adults and minors—who may discover life-altering results at a young age.
The youngest girl to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics was 11 years old. The youngest girl Winter Olympian this year was 15. Under the new rules, both girls will be tested before their next Olympic opportunity.
Jun 10
IOC's 'heartbreaking' return to gene testing slammed by trans, intersex athletes
usatoday.com/story/sports/ol…
1
2
6
282
Apr 27
All girls and women with Olympic dreams will now be subjected to mandatory genetic testing. Many headlines focused on one point: banning transgender women.
But that misses the bigger story: This policy puts every woman’s body under a microscope and creates a system in which officials decide who is “woman enough” to compete.
latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
12
18
69
5,838
Apr 14
Sex testing has a sordid history of use by sporting bodies to target women athletes who, often through variations in their sex characteristics, or intersex traits, have higher than typical natural testosterone.
The practice—in its many forms—has been debunked as unethical, unscientific, and unworkable, and has often relied on racist gender stereotypes. Moreover, there is no scientific consensus that higher than typical testosterone in women confers an athletic advantage. @hrw
hrw.org/news/2026/04/13/sex-…
2
27
77
2,558
Apr 10
"Do not use the names of women athletes to target, shame or exclude transgender women. Transgender women are women. Women with intersex variations are women. I welcome these women – and all women – onto my teams." @USATODAY
usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
18
33
106
3,919
Apr 8
Most people do not know their chromosomes until they undergo sex testing. Widespread sex testing mandates in the Olympics mean surprises for some athletes, who are outed and banned from the sport they love simultaneously.
somehow the only people who surprisingly, suddenly learn about their genetics are competing in women's sports
12
36
295
6,643
Apr 7
If you haven't taken a genetic test, you don't know what your chromosomes are, either. They might be XX or XY. They might be XO, XXY, or a mix of XX/XY.
Science is more complex than many people feel comfortable believing.
29
148
72,255
Apr 7
Many athletes may only learn they are intersex from genetic testing. “There are places around the world where this kind of outing is incredibly dangerous. I would like to think the U.S. is not one of those places. But right now it doesn't feel like that to a lot of people.”
A new Olympic policy on genetic testing could reshape women’s sports and raise questions for intersex and cisgender athletes alike.
time.com/article/2026/04/03/…
25
89
533
32,382
Apr 6
Kate, an intersex college athlete & interACT Youth, worries about what the Olympic policy means for the next generation. “It made me really sad for all the intersex kids who are dreaming of the Olympics." She once thought competing at that level would be “the coolest thing.”
A new Olympic policy on genetic testing could reshape women’s sports and raise questions for intersex and cisgender athletes alike.
time.com/article/2026/04/03/…
19
15
64
5,496
Apr 2
"Sports are supposed to be about celebrating the exceptional, not forcing us to conform to outdated perceptions of what it means to be a woman."
time.com/article/2026/04/01/…
70
29
123
5,141
Apr 2
“I wish people understood that really, these regulations do target intersex people as well,” said Amelia, an intersex woman in track and field. “I think a lot of times we do get sort of pushed to the side and seen as collateral damage or an unintended consequence of transphobia.”
The Olympics just succumbed to a ridiculous gender panic. Here’s who it’s really going to hurt. slate.trib.al/5xP1vEj
Community note
Article is full of misrepresentations, e.g:
Nobody is "banned" from competing, merely required to do so in the correct sex category
Males, whether they identify as 'trans'/have DSDs or not, have performance advantages over females
Imane Khelif has the SRY gene, so is male
stillmed.olympics.com/media/Document…
lemonde.fr/en/sports/arti…
17
38
228
8,507
Mar 31
We are proud to have partnered with @GLSEN on their 2025 National School Climate Survey! The report is telling: only 22% of LGBTQI students who received sex ed even learned about intersex topics.
How can we bring inclusion into the classroom?
Learn more: glisten.org/nscs2025
ALT The results of Glisten’s 2025 National School Climate Survey are now live! Learn about the experiences of LGBTQI students in schools and recommendations on how to improve our nation’s schools at glisten.org/nscs2025. A purple sticky note reads: Intersex Students
ALT Only 22% of LGBTQI students who received sex ed learned about intersex topics. Source: Glisten’s 2025 National School Climate Survey
![We had to do a project on birth defects. [My genetics teacher] assigned me being intersex as [a] birth defect…I had to present [to my class] that [being intersex] was not a birth defect. She gave me a very low grade because I didn’t…label it as a birth defect. -An intersex 12th grader in Mississippi](https://venexa.site/media/HExBINQWoAAymHi.jpg)
ALT We had to do a project on birth defects. [My genetics teacher] assigned me being intersex as [a] birth defect…I had to present [to my class] that [being intersex] was not a birth defect. She gave me a very low grade because I didn’t…label it as a birth defect. -An intersex 12th grader in Mississippi
1
6
400
Mar 31
The Supreme Court struck down a law that protected youth from conversion therapy – harmful efforts to change a person's sexual orientation or gender.
Intersex youth are disproportionately vulnerable to conversion therapy practices. interACT responds:
interactadvocates.org/breaki…
3
9
12
698
Mar 31
Tell your officials that Conversion therapy has no place in your state: Trvr.org/StopConversionThera…
2
3
271
Mar 31
Today, we celebrate the Trans Day of Visibility (#TDOV). While some intersex people are cisgender men or women, others are also trans. Both intersex & trans people challenge the idea of a clear-cut sex & gender binary. Hear from intersex & trans youth: interactadvocates.org/being-…
ALT Being intersex has taught me to love myself as a trans person, and being trans has taught me to love myself as an intersex person. - Nessa Calvin
ALT Keeping up with your local politics is the best way to support us—specifically, look out for anything that impacts gender-affirming care. - Myrtle
1
12
26
656
Mar 30
Caster Semenya, a two-time Olympian with a variation in her sex traits, criticized the new IOC discriminatory policy. “It’s like now we need to prove that we are worthy as women to take part in sports. That is disrespect for women."
nytimes.com/athletic/7156266…
19
33
95
4,758
Mar 30
Any policy that intends to discriminate against transgender athletes also harms intersex women, especially those with chromosomal and hormonal variations.
Mar 26
The new rules apply for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. advocate.com/news/olympics-b…
6
14
36
1,555
Mar 26
RT @HRC: The IOC didn’t just target trans women with this decision: They opened the door to policing all women’s bodies.
155
Mar 26
interACT Responds to New #IOC Policy Discriminating Against Intersex #Olympic Athletes.
This is a devastating day for women athletes, who deserve to play the sport they love free from invasive sex testing, discrimination, and public scrutiny.Â
interactadvocates.org/intera…
98
25
91
28,032
Mar 23
115 organizations worldwide have signed a letter asking the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to abandon plans to mandate genetic sex testing and to ban transgender and intersex athletes, and instead to focus on real needs in girl's and women's sports.
aljazeera.com/sports/2026/3/…
6
7
448