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Intersex Activist Testimony Helps Sink Texas Bathroom Bill

6/3/2026

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Activist Alicia Roth Weigel testified before Texas senators, causing the bathroom bill to fail.
She publicly disclosed her intersex status while campaigning against the proposed Texas bathroom legislation.
Weigel was born with androgen insensitivity and had internal testes removed in infancy.
She belongs to the roughly 2 % of the global population identified as intersex.
Her 2023 memoir “Inverse Cowgirl” urges visibility for intersex and gender-nonconforming people.

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Activist Alicia Roth Weigel testified before Texas senators, causing the bathroom bill to fail.
She publicly disclosed her intersex status while campaigning against the proposed Texas bathroom legislation.
Weigel was born with androgen insensitivity and had internal testes removed in infancy.
She belongs to the roughly 2 % of the global population identified as intersex.
Her 2023 memoir “Inverse Cowgirl” urges visibility for intersex and gender-nonconforming people.