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The Gurls Talk Podcast

Sean Saifa Wall... on the intersex rights movement

The Gurls Talk Podcast

Gurls Talk

Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health

4.8584 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

What is the "I" in LGBTQIA+? Today we're giving voice to the long-silenced intersex community. According to Amnesty International, 1.7% of the population is born with intersex traits -- comparable to the number of people born with red hair. On this episode you'll hear from Sean Saifa Wall (he/him/his) a Black queer intersex activist and rising scholar. Saifa is committed to racial equity and a radical vision of bodily autonomy for people with intersex variations. Curren...

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0:00.0

Inspired by my own journey with mental health, I founded Girls Talk, our own safe space where we share, listen and support each other.

0:11.0

So get cozy and join me. Add you a burr for some much-needed girls' talk.

0:17.0

Today we're giving voice to the long silence intersex community. To be intersex is to have genitals,

0:25.0

chromosomes or reproductive organs that don't fit into the male female sex binary. While this may seem

0:31.3

rare, in actuality just about 2% of the world's population has some intersex traits. We're beyond excited to welcome

0:39.6

intersex activists Sean Seifer Wall into the chat. Let's get into it. So I'm so happy to have

0:47.6

you here. Thank you so much for taking the time. I know you're on a massive press tour with everything

0:53.0

you're doing with everybody, but I know

0:55.3

lots about you, but I would love it if you could introduce your wonderful self to the community.

1:01.5

Thank you for bringing me on. My name is Sean Seifal Wall. My pronouns are he, him, and his.

1:08.3

I am an intersex activist and scholar currently at the University of Huddersfield up north.

1:19.0

I just love that coming out on an American voice.

1:24.0

Especially a black American voice as well.

1:27.0

You know, you know.

1:28.4

Huddersfield.

1:29.4

Wait, how's supposed to be pronounced?

1:32.9

No, no, no.

1:33.4

I'm just saying you're really in a really posh accent.

1:37.4

Yeah.

1:38.1

Ooh, you know, the Yorkshire accent, ooh, it's different.

1:41.6

You know what I'm saying?

1:42.1

Yeah.

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