Sally Gross (activist)

Sally Gross was a South African intersex and anti-apartheid activist. She was the founder of Intersex South Africa and campaigned for the recognition of intersex people in South African law. Her advocacy contributed to the inclusion of intersex within the legal definition of sex in South Africa's anti-discrimination legislation. She was also a writer and former Roman Catholic nun who later became a Quaker. Quotes My struggle ... is quite simply to be seen as a human being and not as a walking, talking pathological specimen. Intersex Society of North America I believe strongly that people like me are to be viewed first and foremost as human beings, and that intersex, while not typical of our species, is to be viewed as a fundamental part of human and natural diversity rather than as pathology. Agenda The intersex tends to be rendered invisible even among gender activists – blithely ignored, in effect. Agenda Much needs to be done to educate the public about intersex. They need to learn that it is part of the fabric of human diversity and not a threat, a rights issue and not pathology. Making Queer History These things were done not because I had committed a crime or sinned, but because my body turned out not to fit neatly into the presumed binary divide between male and female. Transform In South African law, one needs locus standi, the right to address the court, to mount a legal challenge. University of Washington Since 2000, I’ve drafted amendments bearing on intersex for the Alteration of Sex Descriptions Bill and the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000, and these have been lobbied into law. InterAction External links Category:1953 births Category:2014 deaths Category:Anti-apartheid activists Category:Human rights activists Category:Women activists from South Africa