Human Rights
OII Australia welcomes intersex-inclusive new federal guidelines on sex and gender recognition
By Morgan on 13 June 2013 i The federal government has finally released the “Australian Government Guidelines on the Recognition of Sex and Gender”. We warmly welcome their publication and implementation, and also the consultation process that has led to publication. Such wide consultation is necessary to prevent adverse consequences for any of the communities affected by the guidelines.…
Read MoreFirst-Ever Intersex-Inclusive Anti-Discrimination Bill Passes Parliament in Australia!
This is fantastic! With the work of affiliates from OII-Australia, the first-ever intersex-inclusive anti-discrimination bill has passed the House of Representatives/Parliament. Now the bill needs to pass in the Australian Senate. This bill will make discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status illegal. Most of us are familiar with legislation…
Read MoreOII Thanks UN’s Navi Pillay
On December 10, 2012, a group of over two dozen intersex organizations and leaders from around the world, spearheaded by the Organisation Intersex International (OII), and our affiliates in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South and North America, published and delivered an open letter titled, “A Call for the Inclusion of Human Rights for Intersex People”,…
Read MoreViloria live on BBC News Radio
OII-USA Director Hida Viloria was interviewed live on May 16th for BBC News Radio, regarding the groundbreaking lawsuit by the Crawford family for their intersex son, who was castrated at the age of 16 months, before they adopted him. The lawsuit is the 1st of its kind in the US, & we commend the lawyers…
Read MoreFirst-of-its-Kind Lawsuit Sues for Irreparable Harm Resulting from Surgery!!!!
On May 14th, 2013, Advocates for Informed Choice, The Southern Poverty Law Center, and pro bono counsel for the private law firms of Janet, Jenner & Suggs and Steptoe & Johnson LLP filed a lawsuit against South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS), Greenville Hospital System, Medical University of South Carolina and individual employees for…
Read MoreOII Australia’s AMAZING presentation at the Health in Difference Conference
By Morgan on 22 April 2013. Health in Difference is the major Australian conference on the health needs of LGBTI peoples, organised by the National LGBTI Health Alliance. We have never before seen such good inclusion of intersex issues at an LGBTI event, and we thank participants and congratulate the conference organisers for this, and also for the exceptional level…
Read MoreOII’s Viloria mentioned in great article about legal identification issues for intersex people.
This excellent blog post by attorney and intersex ally, Toby Adams, examines how intersex people are not accurately represented by legal identification documents. http://tobyshome.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/intersex-rights-id-please/
Read MoreOII Australia Pres. Gina Wilson provides testimony to the Equal Rights Trust
OII Australia’s President Gina Wilson provides an excellently worded testimony on behalf of intersex people to the Equal Rights Trust, a UK Human Rights think tank and advocacy organization. http://oii.org.au/22134/equal-rights-trust-testimony/ As Wilson says, “Most discrimination against intersex people is not as a consequence of us identifying as intersex, but on the basis of our physical appearance…
Read MoreOII Australia Testifies on Involuntary Sterilization Before the Australian Senate!
This is AMAZINGLY groundbreaking, intelligent, and comprehensive testimony regarding involuntary sterilization of intersex infants is available for your reading pleasure. We cannot thank or congratulate OII Australia’s Gina Wilson, Morgan Carpenter and Tony Briffa enough — as well as the other presenters Y. Gavriel Ansara, Bonnie Hart, and Sandra Perrin — for their brilliant testomony…
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