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'''Genital Autonomy America''' (short forms: GA America, GAA) was named ''NOCIRC - National Organization of Circumcision Resource Centers'' (USA) until January 2016. GA America is an educational non-profit organization based in California. It is committed to securing the birthright of male, female, and intersex children and babies to keep their sex organs intact. | '''Genital Autonomy America''' (short forms: GA America, GAA) was named ''NOCIRC - National Organization of Circumcision Resource Centers'' (USA) until January 2016. GA America is an educational non-profit organization based in California. It is committed to securing the birthright of male, female, and [[intersex]] children and babies to keep their sex organs intact. | ||
GA America supports the [[WWDOGA]]. | GA America supports the [[WWDOGA]]. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
GA America was founded as NOCIRC by [[Marilyn Milos]] in 1985. | GA America was founded as [[NOCIRC]] by [[Marilyn Milos]] in 1985. | ||
"In 1989, NOCIRC sponsored the First International Symposium on Circumcision (ISC), which was held in Anaheim, California."<ref>http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/milos-macris/</ref> | "In 1989, [[NOCIRC]] sponsored the [[First International Symposium]] on Circumcision (ISC), which was held in Anaheim, California."<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Milos | |||
|init=MF | |||
|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos | |||
|last2=Macris | |||
|init2=D | |||
|title=Circumcision: a medical or a human rights issue | |||
|journal=J Nurse Midwifery | |||
|date=1992 | |||
|volume=37 | |||
|issue=2 Suppl. | |||
|pages=87S-96S | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/milos-macris/ | |||
|accessdate=2022-02-15 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
"In its first decade, NOCIRC grew into an international network and now has more than 110 centers worldwide."<ref>http://www.nocirc.org/about.php</ref> | "In its first decade, NOCIRC grew into an international network and now has more than 110 centers worldwide."<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=http://www.nocirc.org/about.php | |||
|title=About NOCIRC | |||
|accessdate=2022-02-15 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
"Since NOCIRC is no longer sponsoring NOCIRC Centers, [[Jen Williams]] has invited hosts of NOCIRC Centers to join her organization, [[Your Whole Baby]], so folks can continue to have educational booths locally."<ref>http://www.nocirc.org/</ref> | "Since NOCIRC is no longer sponsoring NOCIRC Centers, [[Jen Williams]] has invited hosts of NOCIRC Centers to join her organization, [[Your Whole Baby]], so folks can continue to have educational booths locally."<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=http://www.nocirc.org/ | |||
|title=NOCIRC Homepage | |||
|accessdate=2022-02-15 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
== International symposia == | |||
Since 1989, [[NOCIRC]] has sponsored and organized international symposia on circumcision, [[human rights]], and [[genital integrity]]. The following list details the history of NOCIRC's symposia: | |||
# [[First International Symposium]] on Circumcision: Anaheim, {{USSC|CA}}; March 1989. | |||
# [[Second International Symposium]] on Circumcision: San Francisco, {{USSC|CA}}; April/May 1991. | |||
# [[Third International Symposium]] on Circumcision: College Park, {{USSC|MD}}; May 1994. | |||
# [[Fourth International Symposium]] on Sexual Mutilations: Lausanne, Switzerland; August 1996. | |||
# [[Fifth International Symposium]] on Sexual Mutilations: Oxford, [[United Kingdom|England]]; August 1998. | |||
# [[Sixth International Symposium]] on Genital Integrity: Sydney, [[Australia]]; December 2000. | |||
# [[Seventh International Symposium]] on Human Rights & Bodily Integrity: Washington, {{USSC|DC}}; April 2002. | |||
# [[Eighth International Symposium]] on Circumcision & Human Rights: Padua, Italy; September 2004. | |||
# [[Ninth International Symposium]] on Circumcision, Genital Integrity & Human Rights: Seattle, {{USSC|WA}}; August 2006. | |||
# [[Tenth International Symposium]] on Circumcision, Genital Integrity & Human Rights: Keele, [[United Kingdom|England]]; September 2008. | |||
# [[Eleventh International Symposium]] on Circumcision, Genital Integrity & Human Rights: Berkeley, {{USSC|CA}}; July 2010. | |||
# [[Twelfth International Symposium]] on Law, Genital Autonomy & Children's Rights: Helsinki, [[Finland]]; September/October 2012. | |||
# [[Thirteenth International Symposium]] on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights: Boulder, {{USSC|CO}}; July 2014. | |||
# [[Fourteenth International Symposium]] on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights: Keele, [[United Kingdom|England]]; September 2016. | |||
# [[Fifteenth International Symposium]] on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights: San Francisco, {{USSC|CA}}; May 2018. | |||
==Merger== | |||
Genital Autonomy America merged with Intact America on 1 July 2021. [[Intact America]] is the surviving organization. | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | |||
* [[United States of America]] | |||
{{LINKS}} | {{LINKS}} | ||
* {{ | * {{URLwebsite|http://gaamerica.org/|2019-10-08}} | ||
* {{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.nocirc.org/ | |||
|title=Historical website of NOCIRC | |||
|accessdate=2023-10-14 | |||
}} | |||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||
[[Category:Intactivism organization]] | [[Category:Intactivism organization]] | ||
[[Category:Renamed]] | |||
[[Category:WWDOGA supporter]] | |||
[[Category:USA]] | [[Category:USA]] | ||