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1st ever EU policy document referring to intersex people released!
Ins — 25 June 2013 Press Release OII Europe The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union adopted Guidelines To Promote and Protect the Enjoyment of All Human Rights by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Persons. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/137584.pdf OII Europe congratulates the Council on providing comprehensive and legally binding instructions to EU institutions and Member states…
Read MoreIntersex people included in anti-discrimination legislation for 1st time in history! Go OII Australia!
We celebrate this fantastic, historic victory for intersex people! Morgan from OII Australia reports. OII Australia is relieved and excited at the passing of the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Bill 2013, without a vote at 8:30pm, AEST. For the first time in Australia, and for the first time internationally,…
Read MoreOII 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 MoreViloria’s “Intersex: The Final Coming Out Frontier”, in The Advocate
Thrilled to have my essay, “Intersex, The Final Coming Out Frontier”, published today in The Advocate, the U.S.’s oldest and largest LGBT publication. http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2013/06/12/op-ed-intersex-final-coming-out-frontier
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 MoreE.D. Hida Viloria in the Groundbreaking GENDERNAUTS
Gendernauts is the groundbreaking, multi award-winning 1999 documentary by German filmmaker Monika Truet, which shows us a group of artists in San Francisco who live between the poles of conventional gender identities, including ICE’s own Hida Viloria. The New York Times review of the film, after it’s February 4, 2000, United States premiere at Manhattan’s Cinema Village, had this…
Read MoreOII-USA’s Astorino in AutoStraddle: “Claudia Is Intersex, Let’s Talk About It”
AutoStraddle has recently published a great piece by OII USA Associate Director, Claudia Astorino: Intersex is now being included in the LGBT acronym, in adding the “I.” Not all intersex people are comfortable with this, and many of the same arguments that were used before including trans* individuals are now used for intersex: that intersex…
Read MoreViloria’s Short Video Compilation of Interviews on Intersex Equality
OII-USA Director and OII Int’l Chairperson Hida Viloria shares a message of intersex pride, visibility & human rights in this 2 1/2 minute video compilation of some of her best television and film interviews. Please share to spread the message of acceptance and equality for intersex people. Watch Hida’s video on Vimeo here: http://vimeo.com/73314775
Read MoreOpen Letter to the UN OHCHR: 1st global call for human rights by & for intersex people!
On Human Rights Day, December 10th, 2012, participants of the 2nd International Intersex Forum, in Stockholm, with the assistance of ILGA and ILGA-Europe, published and delivered the, “Open Letter: A Call for Human Rights for Intersex People,” authored by OII Chair Hida Viloria, to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. As outlined in…
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