Anne Tamar-Mattis Explained

Anne Tamar-Mattis
Nationality:American
Education:Brown University, BAUniversity of California, Berkeley School of Law, JD
Occupation:Attorney, advocate, author
Known For:Intersex advocacy, founder of interACT

Anne Tamar-Mattis is an American 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

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] 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).[6] [7] [8] [9] She has been an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law since 2008 where she teaches Sexual Orientation & the Law.[10]

Selected bibliography

Tamar-Mattis' selected publications include:

Awards and recognition

In 2010, Anne Tamar-Mattis was recognized as an "unsung hero" by KQED Inc..[11] 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.[12] [13]

Honours

In 2022, interACT awarded the Anne Tamar-Mattis Advocacy Award to American physician Arlene Baratz for being "an outstanding medical ally in the U.S. intersex movement and a parent of two intersex children".[14]

Personal life

Tamar-Mattis lives with her partner, intersex activist and physician, Suegee Tamar-Mattis.[15] In 2012, they both appeared in the documentary film, Intersexion. They are parents of two children.[16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Children with Intersex Conditions: An Interview with Anne Tamar-Mattis . https://web.archive.org/web/20220701203026/http://www.lavendermagazine.com/uncategorized/children-with-intersex-conditions-an-interview-with-anne-tamar-mattis/ . 2022-07-01 . . 2008-06-05.
  2. Web site: Mission and History . interACT . 2016. 2016-02-06 .
  3. Web site: Advocates for Informed Choice Blog. 8 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140913201521/http://aiclegal.org/aic-announces-e-d-transition-staff-changes/. 13 September 2014. dead.
  4. Web site: Advocates for Informed Choice . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130603071052/http://aiclegal.org/who-we-are/staff/anne-tamar-mattis/ . 2013-06-03 .
  5. http://www.echoinggreen.org/blog/anne-tamar-mattis-grounded-community-and-light-her-feet Anne Tamar-Mattis: Grounded in Community and Light on Her Feet
  6. Web site: Anne Tamar-Mattis Equal Justice Works . 2013-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131219133024/http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/node/2069 . 2013-12-19 . dead .
  7. http://www.echoinggreen.org/fellows/anne-tamar-mattis Anne Tamar-Mattis | Echoing Green
  8. Web site: Anne Tamar-Mattis: Founder & Executive Director . Advocates for Informed Choice . 22 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130603071052/http://aiclegal.org/who-we-are/staff/anne-tamar-mattis/ . 3 June 2013 .
  9. http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/78426 Against the Grain - March 5, 2012 at 12:00pm | KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley: Listener Sponsored Free Speech Radio
  10. http://www.law.berkeley.edu/9180.htm Berkeley Law - News Archive
  11. Web site: 2010 LGBT Heroes. KQED. 7 February 2014.
  12. Web site: 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. 7 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219093423/http://genderlawjustice.berkeley.edu/2012-barbara-nachtrieb-armstrong-award-for-outstanding-advocacy-on-behalf-of-social-justice-for-women-anne-tamar-mattis/. 19 December 2013. dead.
  13. Web site: Member Directory . https://web.archive.org/web/20071114000649/http://www.ali.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=directory.viewmembers&startletter=T&stype=1 . dead . 14 November 2007 . . 22 May 2013 .
  14. Web site: Anne Tamar-Mattis Advocacy Award Archives . 2024-01-27 . interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth.
  15. Web site: Tamar-Mattis . Suegee . November 2023 . Suegee Tamar-Mattis' Profile on LinkedIn . registration.
  16. Web site: Who we Are: Anne Tamar-Mattis . https://web.archive.org/web/20130603071052/http://aiclegal.org/who-we-are/staff/anne-tamar-mattis/ . 2013-06-03 . Interact Advocates for Intersex Youth.

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