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The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' (ICGI) was an alliance of organizations dedicated to protecting the normal anatomy of males, females and the intersexedintersex, and was a supporter of the [[Genital Integrity Resolution]]. ICGI was formed to coalesce the many [[Intactivists|activist organizations]], each with a specific focus, into one, common voice. Added ICGI was an organizational member coalition funded by private donations. The membership included organizations devoted to them are organizations stopping male, female, and companies intersex genital cutting who also agree all agreed that every human has a right to a whole and [[intact]] body. Organizational members included healthcare professionals, psychologists, researchers, attorneys, journalists, ethicists, academicians, and citizen activists dedicated to ending unnecessary genital cutting.<ref name="ICGI about">{{REFweb |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170725024841/http://www.icgi.org/about/ |title=ICGI: About |archived=yes |date=2017-07-25 |accessdate=2021-05-24}}</ref>

ICGI ICCG's initial program was the dissemination of press releases for its membership. Originally, this was accomplished via a member FAX-tree system of [https://homevolunteers.crinThis was replaced with email blast software.org/ Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)]Online press release services permitted greater market penetration. ICGI Eventually, the member organizations began issuing their own press releases and the program was funded closed. Nearly 200 press releases were issued by donations from volunteers and private sourcesICGI. They did not charge for membership.<ref name="ICGI about"/>

Defunding Medicaid reimbursement at the state level was a major project for ICGI. By 1985, six states voluntarily defunded newborn circumcision from Medicaid: California, Mississippi, Nevada, North Dakota, Washington, and Oregon. The Medicaid Project was responsible for defunding 11 more states: Arizona, Missouri, Utah, North Carolina, Montana, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Maine, and Minnesota during the 2002 to 2005 timeframe. ICGI was the first intactivist organization to use a newsfeed, what people now call a blog (weblog). The syndicated newsfeed was hand coded using the RSS/XML protocol. ICGI was a member of [https://home.crin.org/ Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)].  From its founding in 4/7/1999, [[Rio Cruz]] was the director. [[Dan Bollinger]] was became the directorin 4/22/2003 until its closing in 7/14/2015.

The ICGI.org website is [[url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170725024841/http://www.icgi.org/about/|archived]]. As of January 2021, the former website domain has been reactivated and currently fills with new unrelated contents.{{SEEALSO}}* [[United States of America]]