Anne Tamar-Mattis | |
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| Education | Brown University, BA University of California, Berkeley School of Law, JD |
| Occupations | 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]
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] [6] 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). [7] [8] [9] [10] She has been an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law since 2008 where she teaches Sexual Orientation & the Law. [11] [12]
Tamar-Mattis' selected publications include:
In 2010, Anne Tamar-Mattis was recognized as an "unsung hero" by KQED Inc. [13] 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. [11] [14]
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". [15]
Tamar-Mattis lives with her partner, intersex activist and physician, Suegee Tamar-Mattis. [16] In 2012, they both appeared in the documentary film, Intersexion. They are parents of two children. [6]