State Department Celebrates Intersex Awareness Day

In a press release this morning, the State Department lent its voice to an international awareness campaign for the recognition of intersex people.

“Today in celebration and recognition of Intersex Awareness Day, we affirm the United States’ commitment to promoting and protecting the human rights of Intersex persons globally. As President Biden stated in his 2021 Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Around the World, it is the policy of the United States to pursue an end to violence and discrimination on the bases of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and sex characteristics,” said the statement, which was issued by department spokesman Matthew Miller.

The statement went on to lament the stigma that intersex people face and said that they are often subjected to “so-called conversion therapy practices in that they seek to physically ‘convert’ Intersex children into non-Intersex children.”

The State Department’s emphasis on gender-focused initiatives associated with left-wing activist groups under the Biden administration has previously caused controversy and, occasionally, embarrassment for Foggy Bottom’s leadership. A State Department post on X celebrating International Pronouns Day in 2021 was roundly mocked online and in the press, with critics pointing out that it closely followed the administration’s shambolic withdrawal from Afghanistan. The following year, State declined to post about it again.

Earlier this year, State added pronouns to the email profiles of all of its employees without notice overnight — a move that gained notoriety because it mislabeled the genders of many of them, including senior officials. State reversed the move, saying it was unintentional.

In a post on X, Senator Tom Cotton responded to the Intersex Awareness Day statement, writing: “Team Biden far more focused on gender politics than advancing America’s security.”