Anne Tamar-Mattis is an American
attorney,
human rightsadvocate, and founder of
interACT (formerly Advocates for Informed Choice).[1][2] She currently serves as interACT's Legal Director.[3]
Career
Tamar-Mattis spent six years as the Director of the National Youth Talkline at Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center, a national peer-support line for
LGBTQ youth.[4] She became the first Program Director for the
San Francisco LGBT Community Center in 2001.[5][6] In 2003, she took a hiatus to attend law school and graduated from the
University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2006.
Tamar-Mattis founded interACT with the support of fellowships from
Equal Justice Works (2006) and
Echoing Green (2008).[7][8][9][10] She has been an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law since 2008 where she teaches Sexual Orientation & the Law.[11][12]
Tamar-Mattis, Anne; Baratz, Arlene; Baratz Dalke, Katharine;
Karkazis, Katrina (January 2014). "Emotionally and cognitively informed consent for clinical care for differences of sex development". Psychology and Sexuality. 5 (1): 44–55.
doi:
10.1080/19419899.2013.831215.
ISSN1941-9899.
S2CID144006437.
In 2010, Anne Tamar-Mattis was recognized as an "unsung hero" by
KQED Inc..[13] 2011 saw her elected to the
American Law Institute, and in 2012 Anne was awarded the Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Award for Outstanding Advocacy on Behalf of
Social Justice for Women.[11][14]
Honours
In 2022, interACT awarded the Anne Tamar-Mattis Advocacy Award to American physician Arlene Baratz for being "an outstanding medical ally in the U.S. intersex movement and a parent of two intersex children".[15]
Personal life
Tamar-Mattis lives with her partner,
intersex activist and physician,
Suegee Tamar-Mattis.[16] In 2012, they both appeared in the documentary film,
Intersexion. They are parents of two children.[6]