Hey guys, it's Kayla. I'm so happy you're able to join us today because we are all still

so directly challenged. We thought we'd have it all figured out by the time we were in

our 30s, but surprise, we don't. And that's okay. Today, I have a personal favorite of all of our

guests on. Her name is Alicia Roth Weigel. She is an advocate for the lives of intersex people.

She consults with hospitals, government agencies, and other organizations to build culturally

competent healthcare systems, including for intersex people to safeguard bodily autonomy.

Born intersex herself, she identifies as she day. She's a human rights commissioner for the

city of Austin. She has a memoir out this month called Inverse Cowgirl, and she is so much

more than that. She is just a fascinating individual here to share her story with us. So without

further ado, here is my conversation with the lovely Alicia Roth Weigel. And I am here with

Alicia Roth Weigel. I am so honored that you're here today. We were just talking off my, I'm just

truly been so excited for this interview. I think stories like yours are why directionally

challenged was started in the first place. And before we start, I just want to thank you because

I feel like so much of what you discuss is private, but it ends up being so public. So thank you

for going there with me and with all of us today on our podcast. So excited to be here. And

you're right. I think with intersex activists, we get used to a weird level of exposure that most

people don't have to. And the only like one of the positives of that process is I still draw

a line sometimes if something feels uncomfortable or like inappropriate. And I have to do that a

lot online in particular, like I'm sure you can only imagine the weird DMs that I get sometimes.

But what I try to do as well though is just normalize the conversation about bodies because

we all have them. And so I'm like it's so weird that we're so ashamed to talk about them when

the one thing literally every human being has in common on this earth is that we all have bodies.

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