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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1968-05-29|birthplace=New York, {{USSC|NY}}}}) is a Latine American writer, author, producer, and human rights activist.<ref name="Pham">{{REFnews
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1968-05-29|birthplace=New York, {{USSC|NY}}}}) is a Latine American writer, author, producer, and [[human rights]] activist.<ref name="Pham">{{REFnews
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}}</ref> They are known for their writing and their intersex and non-binary human rights activism and as one of the first people to come out in national and international media as a nonbinary intersex person.<ref name="Bibliography">{{REFweb
}}</ref> They are known for their writing and their intersex and non-binary [[human rights]] activism and as one of the first people to come out in national and international media as a nonbinary intersex person.<ref name="Bibliography">{{REFweb
  |title=Hida Viloria Bibliography
  |title=Hida Viloria Bibliography
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In the fall of 2011, Viloria founded the Intersex Campaign for Equality, to work for equality and human rights for intersex Americans. Their first action, in December 2011, was contacting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to request inclusion of intersex people in human rights protocols and protections. In early 2012, they received a response from the U.S. Department of State in early 2012 affirming the importance of including the intersex community in human rights work.<ref>{{REFnews
In the fall of 2011, Viloria founded the Intersex Campaign for Equality, to work for equality and [[human rights]] for intersex Americans. Their first action, in December 2011, was contacting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to request inclusion of intersex people in [[human rights]] protocols and protections. In early 2012, they received a response from the U.S. Department of State in early 2012 affirming the importance of including the intersex community in [[human rights]] work.<ref>{{REFnews
  |title=OII receives reply from US Department of State to OII Chairperson Hida Viloria's letter asking for intersex inclusion in LGBTI – not LGBT-only – global human rights efforts
  |title=OII receives reply from US Department of State to OII Chairperson Hida Viloria's letter asking for intersex inclusion in LGBTI – not LGBT-only – global [[human rights]] efforts
  |url=http://www.intersexequality.com/oii-receives-reply-department-state-oii-chairperson-hida-vilorias-letter-intersex-inclusion-lgbti-lgbtonly-global-human-rights-efforts/
  |url=http://www.intersexequality.com/oii-receives-reply-department-state-oii-chairperson-hida-vilorias-letter-intersex-inclusion-lgbti-lgbtonly-global-human-rights-efforts/
  |date=2012-02-23
  |date=2012-02-23
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In 2012, Viloria spearheaded the first unified, global call for human rights by and for intersex people, in a letter signed by thirty leading intersex advocacy organizations, to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.<ref>{{REFweb
In 2012, Viloria spearheaded the first unified, global call for [[human rights]] by and for intersex people, in a letter signed by thirty leading intersex advocacy organizations, to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.<ref>{{REFweb
  |url=http://www.intersexequality.com/open-letter-to-the-un-the-1st-global-call-for-human-rights-by-and-for-intersex-people/
  |url=http://www.intersexequality.com/open-letter-to-the-un-the-1st-global-call-for-human-rights-by-and-for-intersex-people/
  |title=Open Letter to the UN OHCHR: 1st global call for human rights by & for intersex people! – Intersex Campaign for Equality
  |title=Open Letter to the UN OHCHR: 1st global call for [[human rights]] by & for intersex people! – Intersex Campaign for Equality
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In 2013, Viloria served as one of three intersex co-organizers of the Third International Intersex Forum in November 2013, in Malta, which led to the creation of the Malta declaration, the most widely agreed upon statement of human rights' demands by the international intersex advocacy community.<ref>{{REFweb
In 2013, Viloria served as one of three intersex co-organizers of the Third International Intersex Forum in November 2013, in Malta, which led to the creation of the Malta declaration, the most widely agreed upon statement of [[human rights]]' demands by the international intersex advocacy community.<ref>{{REFweb
  |#url=http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/news/latest/3rd_intersex_forum_2013  
  |#url=http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/news/latest/3rd_intersex_forum_2013  
  |title=3rd International Intersex Forum in Malta
  |title=3rd International Intersex Forum in Malta