Marilyn Fayre Milos
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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
Contents
Early life
Born in San Mateo, 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.[1] 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.[2]
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[3] 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
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
References
- ↑ Marilyn Fayre Milos, "Infant Circumcision: What I Wish I Had Known," Truth Seeker, vol. 1, no. 3 (July–August 1989), p. 3.
- ↑ Leonard B. Glick, Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 4.
- ↑ Facebook page of the Summit