My so called social Life

inter-actyouth: (photo credit: Southern Poverty Law Center) AIC...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:27:09 -0400

(photo credit: Southern Poverty Law Center)

AIC (our parent org) has just successfully filed the first ever lawsuit in defense of a child with an intersex condition. The lawsuit charges that it was a violation of the Constitution when South Carolina doctors working for the state removed the healthy genital tissue of M.C., attempting to surgically make him a girl.

In partnership with the Southern Poverty Law Center and our pro bono firm partners Steptoe & Johnson, LLP; and Janet, Jenner & Suggs, the lawsuit has been filed in both state and federal courts against South Carolina Department of Social Services, Greenville Hospital System, Medical University of South Carolina and individual employees for performing an irreversible and medically unnecessary surgery on a 16-month-old child in the state’s care at the time of the surgery. This lawsuit was filed on behalf of M.C., now eight years old, by his adoptive parents, Mark and Pam Crawford.

After laying the groundwork for more than six years and developing this case over the past two, this is a landmark triumph for AIC and, above all else, M.C. and the other vulnerable children like him. No other individual or organization before AIC has ever pursued an impact litigation agenda specific to defending children with intersex conditions/DSD: the historic significance of this lawsuit and the opportunity to broadly influence legal protections is unprecedented.

Thanks to you we’re in a prime position to pursue this lawsuit as the powerful civil rights authority that AIC has become. As with all of us at AIC, I know this news will likely evoke strong emotions. Please know that you are joined by a community of others who are also committed to compassion and justice for M.C., his parents, and all our special children.

We will have more information for you soon—please check back for further details and how you can help.

Visit AIC’s website to read the complete public statement.

Click to hear an audio interview with the Crawford parent’s from the Southern Poverty Law Center http://www.splcenter.org/

In community,

Anne Tamar-Mattis

Movie night at home

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:08:57 -0400

Movie night at home

HERSUTE: Body acceptance versus body positivity: Reflecting on Lena Dunham’s casual nudity

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:36:35 -0400

HERSUTE: Body acceptance versus body positivity: Reflecting on Lena Dunham’s casual nudity:...

Your very own drone, to follow you home

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:48:26 -0400

Your very own drone, to follow you home: Universal Air got its start with a $15,000 Kickstarter...

When Seconds Count (by brotherskeepers111)

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:51:40 -0400

When Seconds Count (by brotherskeepers111)

canthaveitathome: Cleo Now that’s very Natural

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:29:24 -0400

canthaveitathome:

Cleo

Now that’s very Natural

Freeze Frame (by DoloLLC) That is so weird that this is what...

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:51:26 -0400

Freeze Frame (by DoloLLC)
That is so weird that this is what College life is like in the 1980’s vs today

naughtyteenpink: In the wild Wild naked

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:37:22 -0400

naughtyteenpink:

In the wild

Wild naked

Now that’s the best way to spend time, naked

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:36:35 -0400

Now that’s the best way to spend time, naked

Naked in bed

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:10:28 -0400

Naked in bed

Fresh out if the showers

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:29:24 -0400

Fresh out if the showers

centauri4-naturism: “Nudism Happens” A follower kindly pointed...

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:25:09 -0400

centauri4-naturism:

“Nudism Happens”

A follower kindly pointed out to me that a crucial element of the philosophy had been left out of the earlier version of this image and I was not entirely happy with the text colors. I make an attempt to use colors which contrast against the background, so it is easy to read, or ones I view as complementary to the tones in the background; as if someone were going to print the image out and it would last for a long time. The earlier black, cyan and pink did neither of these things, and for that dear followers I apologize!

Hopefully this version is more appealing and now has the complete thought the way it should have been in the first place! Thanks to the individual who noted that I left out “sexual orientation” in the first ‘Art with a Quote’ effort. It is absolutely true, this did not occur to me possibly because I already accept all sexual viewpoints and lifestyles in my heart and do not even think of these things as setting people apart anymore.

We should love each other equally, one and all, and can possibly express that love by setting aside our desires for violence, conquest and aggression along with our clothing! Don’t just “lay down your arms”, lay down your clothes and tell the world YOU are unarmed and not a threat to peace.

So true on so many levels

whatmakesmerealhard: This Blog is dedicated to the beautiful...

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:57:37 -0400

whatmakesmerealhard:

This Blog is dedicated to the beautiful woman who enjoy the Nudist / Naturist lifestyle. http://whatmakesmerealhard.tumblr.com/

I can’t wait for summer to come

Naked body in bed

Wed, 08 May 2013 02:40:45 -0400

Naked body in bed

Naked in bed

Wed, 08 May 2013 02:38:46 -0400

Naked in bed

insuh: return to nature That is as close to nature as possible

Wed, 08 May 2013 01:06:23 -0400

insuh:

return to nature

That is as close to nature as possible

My self shot

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:51:00 -0400

My self shot

My spring college look

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:44:00 -0400

My spring college look

My self

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:41:00 -0400

My self

Naked view

Mon, 06 May 2013 02:25:53 -0400

Naked view