Emi koyama biography

Japanese-American activist

Emi Koyama (born 1975) is a Japanese-American activist, artist, and independent scholar.

Emi koyama biography

Koyama's work discusses issues of feminism, intersex human rights, domestic violence, and sex work among many others. Koyama is best known for her 2000 essay "The Transfeminist Manifesto", which has been republished in many anthologies and journals for transgender studies.

She is a founder of the advocacy group Intersex Initiative.

Activism

In 2001, Koyama served as a student intern and program assistant for the Intersex Society of North America, before leaving to found her own advocacy group, Intersex Initiative Portland (ipdx).^[1] The organization features classes, workshops, and speakers to discuss social, cultural, and medical issues faced by intersex people.^[2] Koyama and fellow intersex activist Betsy Driver also helped found Intersex Awareness Day in 2003, commemorating the first official demonstration by intersex activi