Article 6C5J9 "Every Body": New Film Shines Spotlight on Intersex Community's Fight for Recognition, Bodily Autonomy

"Every Body": New Film Shines Spotlight on Intersex Community's Fight for Recognition, Bodily Autonomy

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June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate the LGBTQIA community, and today we look at those represented by the I" which stands for intersex." In a broadcast exclusive, we are joined by the filmmaker and three stars of a new documentary, Every Body, which follows their work as intersex activists who share childhoods marked by shame, secrecy and nonconsensual surgeries. We speak with actor and screenwriter River Gallo, political consultant Alicia Roth Weigel, scholar Sean Saifa Wall and Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning director Julie Cohen, who says she was able to document a movement that's in the midst of truly blossoming." Weigel adds, There is no one way to look intersex. There is no one way to be intersex," emphasizing that the movement for informed consent and body autonomy is broad and intersectional. The film will be released in theaters on June 30.

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