Marilyn Fayre Milos

Marilyn Milos

Marilyn Fayre Milos (* March 22, 1940) from San Mateo, California (USA), is an intactivist who spoke at the WWDOGA in 2015. She has studied at the College of Marin.

Milos is

• co-founder and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC),
• co-editor of the proceedings of the international symposia, published by Springer,
• co-founder and Representative at Genital Autonomy USA, and
• coordinator of International Symposia on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights at Intactivism

Early life

Born in San Mateo, California, California, and professionally trained as a registered nurse, Milos started campaigning against circumcision with nurses and parents in 1979. The spark for her activism was an experience at a newborn nursery, where she had been instructed to attend a circumcision of an infant boy. In 1985, when she was working as a nurse on an obstetrical service, Milos was forced to resign by the hospital administration for discussing circumcision with patients. In the same year, she founded NOCIRC.

Publications

• Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements, George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2013.
• Genital Autonomy: Protecting Personal Choice, George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2010.
• Circumcision and Human Rights, George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2008.
• Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision: Culture, Controversy, and Change, George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2006.
• Flesh and Blood: Perspective on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society, George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2004.
• Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem, George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2001.
• Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice, George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 1999.
• Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy, George C. Denniston and Marilyn Fayre Milos, editors, Plenum Publishers, 1997.
• Milos was the co-editor, with James W. Prescott, PhD, of the proceedings of the First International Symposium on Circumcision, which were published in The Truth Seeker: Crimes of Genital Mutilation, July/August 1989.

Awards

• In May 2015, Milos was honored as a "Living Legend" at the 2015 BirthKeeper Summit in Berkeley, California for her work to end male, female, and intersex genital mutilation.
• The Trust Birth Initiative Lifetime Achievement for Protecting Newborns, March 12, 2010.
• Intact America Award for Humanitarian Service, 2009
• Mothering Magazine's "A Living Treasure" recognition, March 2008 issue.
• NurseWeek magazine's Nursing Excellence Award for Patient Advocacy, May 11, 2001.
• The Maurine Ricke Award, California Nurses' Association Award for Clinical Excellence in Perinatal Nursing "for her dedication and unwavering commitment to righting a wrong", April 9, 1988.

See also

• Genital Autonomy America
• Marilyn Milos on the Front Lines - AAP Convention
• Roughly Cut
• The Penis - Sex Education 101

External links

• Facebook profile. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
• Wikipedia article: Marilyn Milos. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
• Speech at the WWDOGA 2015 in Cologne, Germany, 2015-05-07
• The Penis - Sex Education 101