"She was born, shall we say, different, and she's not alone. There are thousands of others like her, and it is for their sake that she comes forward.... Lynn Sher with a woman determined to change the way people with ambiguous gender are treated."

Barbara Walters
introducing Hida on "20/20," April 19, 2001

"Hida Viloria, a voluble hermaphrodite with exquisite cheekbones, can pass effortlessly from ravishing femininity to sullen machismo. Having lived credibly as a woman and as a man, Hida... now seems happiest occupying "the middle ground" between them.

N.Y. Times, February 4, 2000

Intersex refers to people born
with atypical sex anatomy.

Hida Viloria is an intersex activist and writer who has lectured and spoken on the topic numerously including appearances on Berkeley's KPFA Radio, ABC's "20/20," the internationally released film Gendernauts, and most recently, the Oprah Winfrey Show (September 21, 2007.) In May 2004, Viloria spoke before the San Francisco Human Rights Commission to urge them to pass legislation to ban surgical alteration of intersex infants. It was the first public hearing held on intersex issues in the United States.