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{{Infobox |bodystyle = float:right; valign:top; |title = Intaction |titlestyle = color:black; |image = [[File:Intaction logonewcropped.png|175px]] |imagestyle = |caption = Intaction logo |captionstyle = |headerstyle = background:#d2d2d2; |labelstyle = background:#d2d2d2; |datastyle = |header1 = Formation: |data2 = 2010 |header3 = Founder: |data4 = [[Anthony Losquadro]] |header5 = Founding location: |data6 = New York City |header7 = Type: |data8 = Non-profit corporation |header9 = Location: |data10 = Brooklyn, New York City |header11 = Website: |data12 = {{URLwebsite|http://intaction.org}}}}'''Intaction Inc.''' from is a American non-profit educational organization based in Brooklyn, N.Y.{{USSC|NY}}, USA, . They offer [[intactivist]] information in support of [[genital integrity]] and anti-[[circumcision]] Intaction is a 501 (c)(3) organization and a registered corporation under the Not-For-Profit Laws of New York State, and formed in 2010. Intaction Inc. supports the [[WWDOGA]].
The founder and Director is [[Anthony Losquadro]].
Intaction's name is derived from the words "Intact" and "Action." Members of the organization refer to themselves as "[[Intactivists]]," and the anti-circumcision movement as "[[Intactivism]]."
==Advocacy==
Intaction also has a large full-time mobile education truck, which they use to display photo campaigns such as "Circumcision - I Did Not Consent" and "Foreskin - A Girl Can Hope.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wd4ggx/intaction-is-fighting-for-your-babys-foreskin
|title=The Fight for Baby Foreskin Hits the Streets
|last=Euse
|first=Erica
|date=2014-05-12
|publisher=Vice
|accessdate=2020-04-11
}}</ref> In addition to public education events held mostly in New York City, the group marches in parades advocating for the [[intact]] body and [[foreskin]].<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1140294/anti-circumcision-intactivist-movement-parents-2/
|title=Inside the Anti-Circumcision Movement: These Blood-Soaked Activists Want You to Cut Them Some Slack
|last=O'Connor
|first=A.M.
|date=2018-07-12
|publisher=She Knows
|accessdate=2020-04-11
}}</ref>
The group is also frequently present at New York City's Union Square Park.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/new-york-city-circumcision-america-protest-infant-sons-foreskin-a8500026.html |title=An advocacy group in New York City wants people to stop circumcising their infant sons |last=Ritschel |first=Chelsea |date=2018-08-20 |publisher=The Independent |accessdate=2020-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb |url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/why-foreskin-activists-are-taking-to-the-streets |title=Why Foreskin Activists Are Taking to the Streets |last=Myers |first=Quinn |date= |publisher=Mel Magazine |accessdate=2020-04-11}}</ref> [[File:20180412 170459croppedWeb.jpg|thumb | Intaction's Mobile Unit with "Foreskin A Girl Can Hope" campaign (2018-Present)]][[File:Intaction 1323correctedsmall.jpg|thumb | Mobile Unit with "Circumcision I Did Not Consent campaign (2014-2017)]]They are "fighting against [https://intaction.org circumcision ] through education, advocacy, and activism".<ref>https://intaction.org/about-us/</ref>. [[Mathew Goodwin]] is the director for the New England Region. == Board of Directors ==* [[Craig Adams]]* [[Aura Bobadilla]], Latino coordinator* [[Jonathan Friedman]]* [[David Grant]]* [[William Kaye]]* [[Everett Leiter]]* [[Anthony Losquadro]]* [[Michael Winnel]], (Sydney, AU) Australian Liaison* [[Adam Zeldis]] == Address ==Intaction Inc.<br>PO Box 370599<br>Brooklyn, NY, 11237, USA<br>1-866-6-FORESKIN (1-866-636-7375) ==Video==Anthony Losquadro discusses the introduction of non-therapeutic circumcision ([[MGM]]) and the decline of the practice in the United States. <youtube>r8YfeAa74Fo</youtube>
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* [[United States of America]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwebsite|https://intaction.org/|2021-12-29}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/intaction1/ YouTube Channel]
* [https://circumcisionchronicles.libsyn.com/ Circumcision Chronicles UNCUT Podcast]
* {{REFweb
|url=https://splinternews.com/inside-the-anti-circumcision-movement-these-blood-soak-1793861318
|accessdate=2020-01-25
}}
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