At a local café and the staff were talking in support about Hadachek v. Oregon and Intact Global's challenge to expand protection from child genital cutting to all children including preventing circumcision of boys and intersex surgeries.

People are talking in support of genital autonomy this is not a fringe issue, less than 1 in 10 children are genitally cut in Oregon, and Oregonians are happy to fight for the rights of all children!

I shared more info with them such as our search for a plaintiff who has experienced intersex related genital cutting in Oregon.

Exerpt from my speech:
"I’ve been speaking up against child genital cutting for almost a decade with limited success until I moved here. Portland, Oregon really became my home because we also talk to neighbors here, and we know them. We know that they’re exceptionally diverse, and I believe we’re proud to fight for human rights because we know that. [Pause]
Many people assume that I was not affected by childhood genital cutting, but childhood genital cutting, including circumcision, affects more than just boys and men."

Alliana,
Founder of the Genital Autonomy Collective

#genitalautonomy #intactivism #intersex #trans #transqender #CGM #MGM ##GM
#FGM #genitalintegrity
#circumcision #intactglobal2025 #intactalobal #hadachekvoreqon #GAC #bodilyautonomy #childgenitalcutting #cgc #mgc #fgc #igc
#genitalautonomycollective #aenderdiverse #intersectionality #activism #oregon #portland #pnw #cascadia #pacificnorthwest

Here's an addition that I didn't have time to add to my speech at the Intact Global 2025 Hadachek v. Oregon Press conference that I wish I had included. I hope that we will have a platform in the future to continue speaking on intersectional genital autonomy for all children.

Alliana,
Founder of the Genital Autonomy Collective

[Addition after the conference:]
I’d also like to remind people that while we rarely cut girls in the United States today, there are still women subjected to coerced female genital cutting such as culturally inspired labia reductions, and the infamous husband stitch. As well as the many elders still alive who experienced a very different history of our country. I’d like to extend support within the Genital Autonomy Collective to women who have nowhere to go for support because it’s thought of as a “won battle”. [Pause] [End Addition]

I am a woman, yet I was subjected to penile circumcision.

https://www.youtube.com/live/S4-Cva6dVu4?si=uO4-J9OzUMfypDZD&t=5127
#genitalautonomy #intactivism #intersex #trans #transqender #CGM #MGM ##GM
#FGM #genitalintegrity
#circumcision #intactglobal2025 #intactalobal #hadachekvoreqon #GAC #bodilyautonomy #childgenitalcutting #cgc #mgc #fgc #igc
#genitalautonomycollective #aenderdiverse #intersectionality #activism #oregon #portland #pnw #cascadia #pacificnorthwest

Thanks to everyone who showed up at the Pioneer Courthouse Square to speak and support Intact Global announcing the Hadachek v. Oregon challenge that fights to expand genital autonomy rights to all children including boys, men, and intersex children.

Special thanks to the person who dedicated their 1 year AA chip to me and our fight for the rights of all children including trans intersex and gender diverse children. It brought a tear to my eye and once again while writing this. Heartfelt often private thank yous push me to continue fighting for the end of non consensual circumcision.

https://www.youtube.com/live/S4-Cva6dVu4?si=uO4-J9OzUMfypDZD&t=5127

#genitalautonomy #intactivism #intersex #trans #transqender #CGM #MGM ##GM
#FGM #genitalintegrity
#circumcision #intactglobal2025 #intactglobal #hadachekvoreqon #GAC #bodilyautonomy #childgenitalcutting #cgc #mgc #fgc #igc
#genitalautonomycollective #aenderdiverse #intersectionality activism #oregon #portland #pnw #cascadia #pacificnorthwest