In 2001, Wilchins's work resulted in them being selected one of just six community activists named by Time magazine among its "100 Civic Innovators for the 21st Century". Wilchins's early activism with the "Hermaphrodites With Attitude!" protest group and intersex leader Cheryl Chase led to the founding of Intersex Awareness Day.
In 1996, they starred in Rosa von Praunheim 's film Transexual Menace. Wilchins's work has been instrumental in bringing transgender rights into the mainstream LGBT movement, and has helped bring awareness of the impact of gender norms to a wider audience, and they are credited with coining the term "genderqueer." Wilchins's work and writing have often focused on youth, whom they not only see as uniquely vulnerable to the gender system's pressures and harm, but whom they see as capable of "looking with fresh eyes". While this perspective has been widely accepted, its breadth has provoked criticism by some in the transgender community. Their analysis and work broadened over time to include discrimination and violence regardless of individuals' identity. Wilchins founded the first national transgender advocacy group ( GenderPAC).
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