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[[File:GALDEF-Trans-Teal-TM (official) copy.jpg|thumb|GALDEF logo]]
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' (GALDEF) is a proposed non-profit, membership-based [[genital autonomy]] legal group, founded by pioneering activist [[Tim Hammond]], along with [[John Adkison]] and other spirited [[human rights]] advocates.
== Purpose ==
GALDEF raises funds for "impact litigation" to establish legal precedents for recognition of children's rights to [[Physical integrity| bodily integrity ]] and [[genital autonomy]] regardless of gender, but especially for those not already protected by law (e.g. those assigned male at birth or [[intersex]]).
GALDEF trains attorneys on the complexities involved in winning such cases and with the hope of building a coalition of attorneys who are prepared to bring viable cases to U.S. courts of law.
GALDEF is compiling resources – — both educational and financial – — to assist a new generation of attorneys to bring successful cases challenging inadequate [[circumcision]] consent forms, hospitals and doctors who aggressively solicit parents for harmful infant [[circumcision]], [[forced foreskin retraction]], and state Medicaid payments for medically unnecessary [[circumcision]]s.
GALDEF seeks individuals for the Board of Directors, Board of Advisors, the Grant Review Committee, and other positions (media/social media, fundraising, graphics/website design, etc). GALDEF will emphasize being an inclusive and welcoming organization to ensure diversity with regard to sex/gender, race, religion and sexual orientation/gender identity within its board, officers and membership.
== Early endorsers of the GALDEF ==
* [[Peter W. Adler]], Prof. of International Law, {{UNI|Univ. of MA|UMass}}
* [[David J. Llewellyn]], Attorney
* [[J. Steven Svoboda]], Exec. Dir., [[ARC – Attorneys for the Rights of the Child]]
* [[George C. Denniston]], founder of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]]
== Videos ==
=== Circumcision and Sexual Justice: What Can We Do? ===
<youtube>T_1YapOqpAQ</youtube>
=== Kane Law & GALDEF's Equal Protection Project: Litigation ===
<youtube>7GU2jTiKauA</youtube>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Intact Global]]
* [[United States of America]]
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[[Category:Litigation over circumcision]]
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