Anne Tamar-Mattis

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Anne Tamar-Mattis
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrown University, BA
interACT

Anne Tamar-Mattis is an American

interACT (formerly Advocates for Informed Choice).[1][2] She currently serves as interACT's Legal Director.[3]

Career

Tamar-Mattis spent six years as the Director of the National Youth Talkline at Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center, a national peer-support line for

University of California, Berkeley School of Law
in 2006.

Tamar-Mattis founded interACT with the support of fellowships from Equal Justice Works (2006) and Echoing Green (2008).[7][8][9][10] She has been an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law since 2008 where she teaches Sexual Orientation & the Law.[11][12]

Selected bibliography

Tamar-Mattis' selected publications include:

  • Tamar-Mattis, A. (August 2014). "Patient advocate responds to DSD surgery debate". Journal of Pediatric Urology. 10 (4): 788–789.
    PMID 24909610
    .
  • Tamar-Mattis, Anne; Baratz, Arlene; Baratz Dalke, Katharine;
    S2CID 144006437
    .
  • Tamar-Mattis, Anne (2014). "Medical Treatment of People with intersex conditions as Torture and cruel, inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment". Torture in Healthcare Settings: Reflections on the Special Rapporteur on Torture's 2013 Thematic Report. Washington, DC: Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law. pp. 91–104.
  • Feder, Ellen K.;
    PMID 23494692
    .
  • Tamar-Mattis, Anne (October 30, 2012). "The Dex Diaries, Part 9: The Real Silent Majority". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  • PMID 22904609
    .
  • Tamar-Mattis, Anne (April 19, 2012). "Sterilization and Minors with Intersex Conditions in California Law". California Law Review. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  • Tamar-Mattis, Anne (February 2011). "DSD and genital surgery: Are caregivers failing the 'thank you' test?". Endocrine Today.
  • S2CID 2671659
    .
  • Dreger, Alice; Feder, Ellen K; Tamar-Mattis, Anne (June 2010), Preventing Homosexuality (and Uppity Women) in the Womb?, The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum
  • Tamar-Mattis, A. (2006). "Exceptions to the Rule: Curing the Law's Failure to Protect Intersex Infants". Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice. 21 (1): 59–110.

Awards and recognition

In 2010, Anne Tamar-Mattis was recognized as an "unsung hero" by

Social Justice for Women.[11][14]

Honours

In 2022, interACT awarded the Anne Tamar-Mattis Advocacy Award to American physician Arlene Baratz for being "an outstanding medical ally in the U.S. intersex movement and a parent of two intersex children".[15]

Personal life

Tamar-Mattis lives with her partner, intersex activist and physician, Suegee Tamar-Mattis.[16] In 2012, they both appeared in the documentary film, Intersexion. They are parents of two children.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Children with Intersex Conditions: An Interview with Anne Tamar-Mattis". Lavender Magazine. 2008-06-05. Archived from the original on 2022-07-01.
  2. ^ "Mission and History". interACT. 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  3. ^ "Advocates for Informed Choice Blog". 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Advocates for Informed Choice". Archived from the original on 2013-06-03.
  5. ^ Anne Tamar-Mattis: Grounded in Community and Light on Her Feet Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, Echoing Green, December 5, 2013
  6. ^ a b "Who we Are: Anne Tamar-Mattis". Interact Advocates for Intersex Youth. Archived from the original on 2013-06-03.
  7. ^ "Anne Tamar-Mattis | Equal Justice Works". Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  8. ^ Anne Tamar-Mattis | Echoing Green
  9. ^ "Anne Tamar-Mattis: Founder & Executive Director". Advocates for Informed Choice. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  10. ^ Against the Grain - March 5, 2012 at 12:00pm | KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley: Listener Sponsored Free Speech Radio
  11. ^ a b "2012 Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Award for Outstanding Advocacy on Behalf of Social Justice for Women: Anne Tamar-Mattis". Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law and Justice. Berkeley Women's Law Journal. 22 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  12. ^ Berkeley Law - News Archive Archived March 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "2010 LGBT Heroes". KQED. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  14. ^ "Member Directory". American Law Institute. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  15. ^ "Anne Tamar-Mattis Advocacy Award Archives". interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  16. ^ Tamar-Mattis, Suegee (November 2023). "Suegee Tamar-Mattis' Profile on LinkedIn".

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