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A “Coming Out” Story
When I began my work in 1979, gay men were coming to San Francisco so they could come out of the closet safely. By the early 1980s, I was becoming known in the San Francisco Bay Area as the nurse who was telling the truth about the harm of circumcision. Bud Berkeley,...
Dirty Diaper?
Circumcision hurts babies! It leaves a raw, open wound on the penis that takes days to heal and is exposed to urine and feces in the baby’s diaper. The foreskin keeps the baby’s penis clean and dry! Stop cutting baby boys now!
Voices — “One Happy Family”
Several years ago a young Hispanic couple moved into temporary housing in our neighbors' basement in Northern Virginia. Neither my wife nor I had a chance to speak to the couple in the first few days after they moved in, but one morning I noticed that the very...
Voices — A.L.
I was first introduced to circumcision and became aware that it happened to me when I was almost eleven years old. Immediately, it bothered me that someone changed something about my penis when I was a baby and could not give my permission. I rediscovered the topic...
The next wave of intactivism
The Next Wave of Intactivism: A conversation with Marilyn Milos and Georganne Chapin Following the recent merger of the organizations they lead, on July 14, 2021, Marilyn Milos founding executive director of Genital Autonomy — America (formerly NOCIRC), and...
The true incidence of complications is … unknown.
Medical professionals downplay the adverse consequences of #circumcision. The AAP has never studied them. But they exist. Here’s Stanford University’s list of complications.
Foreskin Loss = Increased Risk of ED
Men circumcised as babies are 4.5 times more likely to experience erectile dysfunction than intact men. Learn more. #fridayforeskinfacts #circumcision #erectiledysfunction #ED
Inalienable Rights
Every living person has certain inalienable or natural rights. Among them are the right to our own bodies. Not part of our body, all of our body.
Foreskin = Fewer Urinary problems
Mothers, did any doctor tell you that meatal stenosis is a common complication of circumcision? Without a foreskin to shield the glans, between 5% and 20% of cut boys and men develop meatal stenosis, or an abnormal narrowing of the urethral opening. They have trouble...
Do You Know… About Yeast Infections?
By Marilyn Milos, RN Our bodies are covered with bacteria. Healthy bacteria protect our bodies and live in balance with yeast that also lives on our tissue. But certain substances we use for hygiene and even recreation can kill the good bacteria. These include:...