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- This article refers to the intersex activist; for the American actress, see Cheryl Chase.
Cheryl Chase (born 1956) is the founder of the movement to protect the human rights of people born with intersex conditions in the USA. Chase founded the Intersex Society of North America in 1993, via a letter to the editor published in The Sciences March/April issue. Chase was honored with the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission's 2000 Felipa de Souza Human Rights Award. Chase is also the creator (1995) of Hermaphrodites Speak!, a 30 minute film in which several intersex people discuss their lives, and the harm they suffered under medical management intended to "normalize" them.
References
- White, Robin (November 28, 1997). Intersexuals (interview with Chase). All Things Considered, NPR.
- Newitz, Annalee (July 27, 1999). They Wrecked My Genitals! (interview with Chase). Gettingit.com
- Phillips, Jen (May, 2003). Born Between Two Sexes. Girlfriends Magazine, reprinted at Bodies Like Ours.
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