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Genital Autonomy America

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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.
GA America supports the [[WWDOGA]].
== History ==
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>{{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>{{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>{{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 is to be merged into [[with Intact America]] on 1 July 2021. [[Intact America will be ]] is the surviving organization.
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* {{URLwebsite|http://gaamerica.org/|2019-10-08}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.nocirc.org/
|title=Historical website of NOCIRC
|accessdate=2023-10-14
}}
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