Tag Archives: Celeste E. Orr

Intersex Awareness Day: Combating Interphobia
Celeste E. Orr shows how queerphobia, ableism, and racism have sustained systemic discrimination against intersex individuals.

Abortion is Always Essential Medical Care
Janis Broder and Celeste E. Orr denounce the use of the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to make abortion inaccessible.

COVID-19: Intersex and “Essential” Medical Care
Celeste E. Orr proposes that the current crisis reveals what is truly essential medical care.

A Trans Man’s Right to be Recognized as a Father
Celeste E. Orr criticizes the UK ruling that denies a trans father, Freddy McConnell, the right to be named as a father on his child’s birth certificate after giving birth.

Consent, Care, and the Caster Semenya Controversy
Celeste E. Orr analyzes how the International Association of Athletics Federations has perversely co-opted progressive discourses in order to impose discriminatory policies on athletes like Caster Semenya.