# Genital Autonomy Collective Summer GoFundMe Update: Portland Pride & InterConnect 2025

Sorry for the delay in this update, I’ve been taking a break after months of summer events.

Y’all may have seen that our board member, Perry, posted about Google trends of related search terms spiking along with our events. It’s been extremely motivating seeing objective measures of interest in the topic of genital autonomy. Our boots on the ground public outreach is clearly reaching people, and I’m extremely proud of everyone helping to make that happen! Y’alls time volunteering and generous donations have been extremely helpful.

## Portland Pride GALDEF Booth
Between **GALDEF**; The **Genital Autonomy Legal Defense & Education Fund**, **Intact Global**, and **Genital Autonomy Collective**, we had 9 volunteers helping out! It was even a bit cramped at times between the morning and evening shifts behind just one table. I had a great time meeting folks from Intact Global, and GALDEF in person again! There were many many good dogs, and I definitely did not bribe any with treats. We gave away all of the literature we printed out on Hadachek v. Oregon. The most popular was our zine: *Hadachek v. Oregon: Information about the lawsuit for LGBTQ+ People* written by T.T. Perry. This is available on our public drive folder for anyone that would like to print it. We had a small flier on foreskin restoration devices which was very popular and shows the need for accessible literature on foreskin restoration, which we’re currently working on.

I also talked to many other orgs running tables to possibly collaborate. Including:
* A local apparel company to make higher quality GAC logo shirts for future events
* Someone at OPB, Oregon Public Broadcasting, excited to bring Hadachek v. Oregon to their higher-ups
* A queer focused non-denominational church supportive of genital autonomy as an in-person location for support groups
* And, many others without concrete plans

### Hadachek v. Oregon Updates
We helped Intact Global easily collect **over 200 emails**. Ask anyone who’s collected emails before, and they’ll tell you it feels like pulling teeth. However, Oregonians show up to fight for human rights, and wanted to know how and when to support **Hadachek v. Oregon**. We ask that people come to the **Pioneer Square Courthouse** in Portland to show support on the day of the hearing. You can find out when by subscribing to the Intact Global email newsletter at the link below. You can join a Genital Autonomy Collective Discord server for updates as well!

Email sign-up:
<https://www.intactglobal.org/>
GAC Discord links:
<https://autonomycollective.org/groups/>
Donate to GAC:
<https://www.gofundme.com/end-circumcision-support-genital-autonomy-for-all-at-pride>

# Free WAS Sexual Justice Webinar
This **Saturday, September 20th at 1 PM Pacific time**:
The **World Association for Sexual Health** (**WAS**) member, The **Genital Autonomy Legal Defense and Education Fund** (**GALDEF**) commemeorates World Sexual Health Month with a **free** webinar:

**Circumcision and Sexual Justice:**
**What Can We Do?**

Speakers including Alliana from the Genital Autonomy Collective will be speaking from experience around:
* Identities including straight, gay, intersex, and transgender people
* Within the medical community
* Within the mental health community
* In the Courts
* Religious Communities

I encourage everyone to join to share, and watch for public comment to show the medical community that genital autonomy is included in sexual justice!

**Free tickets:**
<https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/circumcision-and-sexual-justice-what-can-we-do>
More info:
<https://www.galdef.org/2025/09/02/sexual-justice-what-can-we-do/>

In Solidarity,
Alliana, founder of the Genital Autonomy Collective

P.s. have just found that the date for Hadachek v. Oregon hearing is October 23rd!

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