This event has been rescheduled to Monday, January 9 - 7pm.

Please register for this program and you'll receive the Zoom link in the confirmation and reminder email - make sure to check your spam folder for them! Contact us at caryprograms@minlib.net with any questions.

Join us for a talk by Kimberly Zieselman, a regular suburban housewife and mother, whose discovery later in life that she was born intersex fueled her to become an international human rights defender and globally-recognized activist.

Charting her intersex discovery and her journey to self-acceptance, her award winning book XOXY: A Memoir movingly portrays how being intersex impacted Kimberly's personal and family life, as well as her career. From uncovering a secret that was intentionally kept from her, to coming out to her family and friends and fighting for intersex rights, her candid and empowering story helps breakdown barriers and misconceptions of intersex people and brings to light the trauma and harmful impact medical intervention continues to have on the intersex community.

Kimberly Zieselman is an intersex woman, lawyer and former Executive Director of interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, with more than 25 years of experience in advocacy and nonprofit advocacy,  including working as Director of Government Relations at Boston Children's Hospital. She served on the board of InterConnect, the largest intersex support group in the US and participated as an expert consultant to the UN Office of the High Commissioner. Kimberly is also a signatory to the historic YP+10, the supplementary document to Yogyakarta Principles which outlines individual human rights based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics. She is currently co-producing a film, Common As Red Hair, and regularly consults on intersex media projects and has been quoted and/or published in outlets including, USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, CNN, and The Advocate. Kimberly grew up in Concord, MA and now splits her time living between Washington, DC and Manchester, Vermont.

This program is in partnership with LexPride and in collaboration with Somerville Public Library and Tewksbury Public Library. It is also made possible by the generous donors to the Cary Library Foundation.