Saifa is Not About the Silos: What Black Intersex Justice Got to do With It? Everything.

“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” ― Audre Lorde Join us in discussing the Black intersex revolution, imagination beyond violence visited upon our bodies and community as home with our dear love Saifa Wall. Sean Saifa Wall (he/him/his) is a Black queer intersex activist and rising scholar. Born and raised in the Bronx, Saifa attended Williams College and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Huddersfield in England examining the erasure of intersex people from social policy in Ireland and England. Saifa is the former Board President of interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth and a former advisor to the Astraea Intersex Fund for Human Rights. Above all else, Saifa is determined to end harmful and invasive genital surgery on intersex children and advocate for affirming healthcare for all people with intersex variations. In addition to his work and activism, he is a loving dad to his dog, Justice. Support for Saifa: Every Body film: https://www.focusfeatures.com/every-body/watch/ Personal Website: https://www.seansaifa.com/ Black Intersex History: https://www.them.us/story/little-jimmy-scott-black-intersex-history-profile Venmo: @seansaifa-wall Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/seansaifa Consider becoming a patron to support this podcast: www.patreon.com/ihartericka