Anne Tamar-Mattis, Esq.

Anne Tamar-Mattis, Esq., founded interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, the first organization in the world solely focused on legal advocacy for intersex youth, in 2006 after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.  She has been invited to provide testimony regarding intersex human and legal rights to the World Health Organization, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and many other state, national, and international bodies.  Her writing has been widely published in the legal, medical, and bioethics press.

Amy Tishelman, PhD.

Dr. Amy Tishelman is a clinical and research psychologist, and a Research Associate Professor at Boston College in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.  She, along with colleagues, currently have funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to co-develop a self-advocacy tool for youth and emerging adults with intersex variations, an effort that includes a large and diverse research network of stakeholders throughout the United States  She previously worked at Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) for close to three decades where she last held the position as Director of Clinical Research in the Behavioral Health, Endocrinology, and Urology (BE-U) Program and the Gender Multispecialty Service (GeMS). These programs provide clinical care to youth and young adults with intersex variations, and/or gender diversities. Dr. Tishelman has been awarded several grants by the NIH as an MPI or Co-I, investigating well-being and/or gender development in children and adolescents, and youth/young adults with intersex variations.  She was featured for her work by the Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) office of the NIH in 2022 (https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/sgmro/featured-investigator-amy-tishelman-phd-0). She also co-authored a clinical report for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), published in Pediatrics, on fertility and sexual function counseling for at risk pediatric patients. Dr. Tishelman was selected by the WPATH to be the international lead in developing the Child chapter for SOC 8, and by the American Psychological Association to co-chair a national task force on intersex variations (also referred to with alternative terminology, such as Differences of Sex Development or Variations of Sex Traits). Dr. Tishelman previously worked extensively in the areas of child maltreatment, interpersonal violence, and trauma, and is the former Director of Child Protection Clinical Services and Director of Training and Research in the Child Protection Program at BCH.  She is on several journal editorial boards and speaks and publishes frequently in her areas of expertise.  She has also served frequently as an expert witness.