Anne Tamar-Mattis
| Anne Tamar-Mattis | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley School of Law, JD |
| Occupation | Attorney, advocate, author |
| Known for | Intersex advocacy, founder of interACT |
Anne Tamar-Mattis is an attorney, human rights advocate, and founder of interACT (formerly Advocates for Informed Choice).[1][2] She currently serves as interACT's Legal Director.[3]
Career
Anne 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 LGBTQ youth.[4] She became the first Program Director for the San Francisco LGBT Community Center in 2001.[5][6] In 2003 she took a hiatus to attend law school and graduated from the 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]
Published works
Selected publications include:
- Tamar-Mattis's academic publishing career began in her final year of law school when she placed 'Exceptions to the Rule: Curing the Law’s Failure to Protect Intersex Infants' in the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law and Justice (2006).[13][14]
- In 2012, 'Sterilization and Minors with Intersex Conditions in California Law' was published by the California Law Review.[15]
- Later that year, Tamar-Mattis co-authored 'Prenatal Dexamethasone for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: An Ethics Canary in the Modern Media Mine' with Alice Dreger and Ellen K. Feder. The paper was published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry,[16] and outlined what she called 'the real silent majority' of people born with intersex traits in Psychology Today.[17]
- In 2014, she co-authored 'Emotionally and cognitively informed consent for clinical care for differences of sex development' in Psychology & Sexuality, with Katrina Karkazis, Arlene Baratz and Katharine Baratz Dalke.[18]
- In the same year, a paper on 'Medical Treatment of People with Intersex Conditions as Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment' was published as a chapter in Torture in Healthcare Settings: Reflections on the Special Rapporteur on Torture's 2013 Thematic Report by the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law.[19] The book builds on the 2013 report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture.[20]
Awards and recognition
In 2010, Anne Tamar-Mattis was recognized as an Unsung Hero by KQED.[21] 2011 saw her elected to the American Law Institute, and in 2012 Anne was awarded the Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Award for Outstanding Advocacy on Behalf of Social Justice for Women.[11][22]
Personal life
Tamar-Mattis lives with her partner, intersex activist and medical doctor, Suegee Tamar-Mattis. They are the parents of two children.[6] In 2012, they appeared in the documentary feature, Intersexion.
References
- ↑ Children with Intersex Conditions: An Interview with Anne Tamar-Mattis, Lavender Magazine, June 5, 2008
- ↑ "Mission and History". interACT. 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ "Advocates for Informed Choice Blog". 8 July 2014.
- ↑ "Advocates for Informed Choice".
- ↑ Anne Tamar-Mattis: Grounded in Community and Light on Her Feet, Echoing Green, December 5, 2013
- 1 2 Who we Are: Anne Tamar-Mattis, Advocates for Informed Choice
- ↑ Anne Tamar-Mattis | Equal Justice Works
- ↑ Anne Tamar-Mattis | Echoing Green
- ↑ "Anne Tamar-Mattis: Founder & Executive Director". Advocates for Informed Choice. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ↑ Against the Grain - March 5, 2012 at 12:00pm | KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley: Listener Sponsored Free Speech Radio
- 1 2 "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. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ Berkeley Law - News Archive
- ↑ Tamar-Mattis, Anne (2006). "Exceptions to the Rule: Curing the Law's Failure to Protect Intersex Infants". Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 21 (1): 59–110.
- ↑ Anne Tamar-Mattis, 2008 Fellow, Echoing Green, 2013
- ↑ Tamar-Mattis, Anne (April 19, 2012). "Sterilization and Minors with Intersex Conditions in California Law". California Law Review.
- ↑ Dreger, Alice; Ellen K. Feder, Anne Tamar-Mattis (September 2012). "Prenatal Dexamethasone for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: An Ethics Canary in the Modern Medical Mine". Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 9 (3): 277–294. doi:10.1007/s11673-012-9384-9. ISSN 1176-7529. PMC 3416978. PMID 22904609. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
- ↑ Tamar-Mattis, Anne (October 30, 2012). "The Dex Diaries, Part 9: The Real Silent Majority". Psychology Today.
- ↑ Tamar-Mattis, Anne; Arlene Baratz, Katharine Baratz Dalke, Katrina Karkazis (January 2, 2014). "Emotionally and cognitively informed consent for clinical care for differences of sex development". Psychology and Sexuality 5 (1): 44–55. doi:10.1080/19419899.2013.831215. ISSN 1941-9899. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
- ↑ Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law; Washington College of Law, American University (2014). Torture in Healthcare Settings: Reflections on the Special Rapporteur on Torture's 2013 Thematic Report. Washington, DC: Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law.
- ↑ Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Juan E. Méndez (February 1, 2013). "Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. Méndez, A.HRC.22.53" (PDF).
- ↑ "2010 LGBT Heroes". KQED. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ "Member Directory". American Law Institute. Retrieved 22 May 2013.