Sean Saifa Wall facts for kids

Sean Saifa Wall is an African-American researcher, and long-time advocate for ... rights. He is a queer, transgender, and ... man of color and former president of Interact Advocates for ... Youth. He approaches his work to end ... oppression through an intersectional lens.

Early life and career

..... Drawing parallels, Wall has stated, "Although seemingly different subjects, they share the same common denominator, state-sponsored violence against marginalized individuals". Diagnosed with partial androgen insensitivity syndrome, he was subjected to a gonadectomy at age 13, necessitating lifelong hormone replacement therapy.

Wall volunteered for Gay Men's Health Crisis at age 14, prior to studying at Williams College. He later travelled to Cuba with Pastors for Peace, documenting the local health system.

Activism

..... During that time, Interact filed a lawsuit, M.C. v. Medical University of South Carolina, in the County of Richmond, South Carolina, in partnership with the Southern Poverty Law Center.

..... He has also developed an art project entitled EMERGE.

As part of his advocacy work, Wall has been interviewed by Nightline, in a segment where he also confronted his childhood surgeon, BuzzFeed, HuffPost Live, and written for The Advocate and Quartz. Wall spoke at TEDxGrandRapids in May 2015.

Personal life

Wall has written of being a former Catholic.